Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Niche U.S. finance firms grease global trade of masks, gloves
By Anna Irrera and Lawrence Delevingne NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - From specialty finance firms to boutique investment banks, a disparate mix of small financiers is bankrolling a U.S. gold rush for ma...
Jul 14, 2020
U.S. judge to decide whether Epstein companion Ghislaine Maxwell deserves bail
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge is expected to decide on Tuesday whether to grant bail to Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's longtime associate, who has been charged with luring young girls so the...
Jul 14, 2020
France scales down Bastille Day parade in concession to virus
PARIS (Reuters) - France held a scaled-down annual Bastille Day celebration on Tuesday, with none of the usual tanks and troops parading down Paris's Champs Elysees avenue, in a concession to the COVI...
Jul 14, 2020
Tokyo enlists nightclub workers for Q&A-style videos to fight coronavirus
By Chang-Ran Kim TOKYO (Reuters) - Alarmed by a spike in infections in Tokyo's nightlife districts, the metropolitan government has released educational videos in the form of a Q&A between nightclub h...
Jul 14, 2020
John Browne steps down as Huawei UK chairman ahead of government ban: Sky
LONDON (Reuters) - Former BP chief John Browne is stepping down early as the UK chairman of Huawei Technologies ahead of the British government banning the Chinese company from the country's 5G networ...
Jul 14, 2020
Former Fiat engineer aims to put the brakes on COVID
By Emilio Parodi MILAN (Reuters) - Fifty years ago, he designed a braking system that helped reduce fatal car crashes. Now Mario Palazzetti has invented a device he hopes will curb the spread of COVID...
Jul 14, 2020
Court-appointed supervisor of Singapore’s oil trader ZenRock flags questionable deals
By Jessica Jaganathan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - ZenRock Commodities Trading Pte Ltd is unlikely to continue its core oil trading businesses in the long term, its court-appointed supervisor KPMG Services s...
Jul 14, 2020
Catalan politician suspects was target of state phone tapping, spokesman says
MADRID (Reuters) - The speaker of Catalonia's regional parliament Roger Torrent suspects he was spied upon by the Spanish state via phone tapping, a spokesman said on Tuesday, confirming a report firs...
Jul 14, 2020
Belarusian presidential challenger not registered for vote, election commission says
MINSK (Reuters) - The Belarusian election commission on Tuesday declined to register opposition businessman Viktor Babariko as a candidate for the country's Aug. 9 presidential election, clearing the ...
Jul 14, 2020
Ukraine: it’s too early to blame human error for downing of passenger plane in Iran
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's foreign minister said on Tuesday it was soon to blame human error for the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger airliner near Tehran in January, challenging the findings of...
Jul 14, 2020
