Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Revamped South African Airways could be run independently, says Gordhan
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa is considering an independent board for its ailing national airline, with a shareholder structure similar to that of part state-owned telecoms firm Telkom, a seni...
Jul 19, 2020
Four killed in Sierra Leone protest after police and army open fire
FREETOWN (Reuters) - At least four people including a teenager were killed and 10 wounded when police and soldiers opened fire on protesters in northern Sierra Leone, a health official and witnesses s...
Jul 19, 2020
Dubai real estate fund considers de-listing amid sector downturn
DUBAI (Reuters) - Emirates REIT , a Dubai-based sharia-compliant real estate investment trust, said on Sunday it was considering de-listing from Nasdaq Dubai amid a downturn in the United Arab Emirate...
Jul 19, 2020
Fire at factory in northwest Iran: ILNA
(Reuters) - A fire broke out at a cellophane factory in northwest Iran on Sunday, the ILNA news agency reported, posting video of thick black smoke rising from the site. The fire was in the town of Sh...
Jul 19, 2020
Catalonia urges thousands of people to stay home as coronavirus cases rise
MADRID (Reuters) - Authorities in Catalonia on Sunday urged more than 96,000 people in three towns to stay at home, as coronavirus cases continued to rise in one of Spain's worst-hit regions. This is ...
Jul 19, 2020
Syria goes to the polls as new sanctions hit war-ravaged economy
DAMASCUS/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria held a parliamentary election on Sunday, gripped by a collapsing economy and new U.S. sanctions after President Bashar al-Assad clawed back control of most of the cou...
Jul 19, 2020
Turkey has suspended flights to Iran amid coronavirus outbreak: Iran aviation official
(Reuters) - Turkey has suspended flights to Iran amid a coronavirus outbreak in the Islamic Republic, a spokesman for Iran's Civil Aviation Organization, Reza Jafarzadeh, said on Sunday, according to ...
Jul 19, 2020
Face-masked fans attend first day of sumo in five months
TOKYO (Reuters) - Face-masked sumo fans sitting apart from each other cheered on their favourite wrestlers in person for the first time in five months on Sunday, as the delayed July Tournament got und...
Jul 19, 2020
Hungary’s Orban: ‘the Dutchman’ is responsible for EU summit disarray
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Sunday that Dutch leader Mark Rutte was responsible for the deadlock at a European Union summit, where leaders were se...
Jul 19, 2020
Hong Kong national security laws shouldn’t harm banks’ operations, regulator says
By Scott Murdoch HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's capital markets regulator sought on Sunday to reassure global banks in the city that China's new national security laws for the financial hub would n...
Jul 19, 2020
