Author Archives: Syndicated Content
United States and China enter a new cold war: Kemp
By John Kemp LONDON (Reuters) - The abrupt closure of China's consulate in Houston marks the latest incident in a rapidly escalating conflict between China and the United States. Future historians wil...
Jul 22, 2020
Brazil’s Bolsonaro tests positive for the novel coronavirus again
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has had another positive result for the novel coronavirus in the third test he has taken since falling ill on July 7, a secretariat of the Commu...
Jul 22, 2020
Cycling: Team INEOS confirm name change ahead of Tour de France
(Reuters) - Team INEOS will be known as the INEOS Grenadiers from the start of this year's Tour de France in a move designed to promote the sponsor's new 4x4 vehicle, the British outfit said on Wednes...
Jul 22, 2020
Break-up no more: Euro exit gauges signal calm on recovery fund boost
By Dhara Ranasinghe and Ritvik Carvalho LONDON (Reuters) - Market gauges measuring euro zone break-up risk have fallen silent after this week's deal among European leaders on a fund to tackle the coro...
Jul 22, 2020
Russia sentences historian of Stalin-era crimes to 3.5 years in jail: Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Wednesday sentenced Yuri Dmitriev, a historian of Stalin-era crimes who was charged with sexually abusing his adopted daughter, to three and a half years in priso...
Jul 22, 2020
Dismissed as ‘poor things’, three women try to unseat male president of Belarus
By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK (Reuters) - Dismissed by the incumbent as too fragile to run Belarus because of their gender, three women have joined forces to try to unseat President Alexander Lukashenko, ...
Jul 22, 2020
Bill Ackman’s blank check company raises $4 billion in U.S. IPO
(Reuters) - Pershing Square Tontine Holdings Ltd has raised $4 billion in its U.S. initial public offering, the blank check company backed by billionaire investor Bill Ackman said on Wednesday. The fi...
Jul 22, 2020
Former Ivory Coast minister to run for president in break with ruling party
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Marcel Amon-Tanoh, a longtime ally of President Alassane Ouattara and until recently his foreign minister, declared on Wednesday he would run in Ivory Coast's presidential election...
Jul 22, 2020
Ukraine’s central bank seen cutting rate from 6% under new governor: Reuters poll
By Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's central bank is likely to cut its key interest rate from 6% on Thursday at the first monetary policy meeting since a new governor took charge promising to ...
Jul 22, 2020
Online lender Kabbage launches checking accounts for small businesses
By Anna Irrera (Reuters) - Atlanta-based online lender Kabbage Inc said on Wednesday that it will offer checking accounts for small businesses, making it the latest financial technology startup to exp...
Jul 22, 2020
