Author Archives: Syndicated Content
As Lufthansa bailout talks continue, role of German state at issue
BERLIN (Reuters) - As Lufthansa negotiates a 9 billion euro bailout to tide it through the coronavirus pandemic, a senior Finance Ministry official said on Friday that the German state should turn a p...
May 15, 2020
Pilots at Lufthansa’s Austrian offer to take 43% pay cut until 2023
VIENNA (Reuters) - Pilots at Austrian Airlines (AUA) are prepared to accept an up to 43% cut of their salaries until 2023 to help reduce costs, an offer comparable to that of their colleagues at paren...
May 15, 2020
Exclusive: Abu Dhabi in talks with Dubai for support through state fund Mubadala – sources
By Davide Barbuscia, Saeed Azhar and Pamela Barbaglia DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) - The governments of Abu Dhabi and Dubai are discussing ways to prop up Dubai's economy by linking up assets in the two emi...
May 15, 2020
Arrest warrants issued for NFL players over armed robbery allegations
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Arrest warrants have been issued for National Football League (NFL) players Quinton Dunbar and Deandre Baker in Miramar, Florida, after they were accused of being involve...
May 15, 2020
Sweden’s not soft on virus, says PM, in dig at foreign media
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Impressions conveyed abroad that Sweden has adopted a "business as usual" approach to the coronavirus are wrong, its prime minister said on Friday, adding that strong cooperation...
May 15, 2020
Pfizer to launch late stage DMD gene therapy trial despite hospitalizations
By Michael Erman NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc said on Friday that a third patient had to be hospitalized after being treated with its experimental gene therapy for a rare degenerative muscular cond...
May 15, 2020
BAT says potential COVID-19 vaccine using tobacco leaves ready for human trials
(Reuters) - World's No.2 cigarette company British American Tobacco said on Friday it was ready to test its potential COVID-19 vaccine using proteins from tobacco leaves on humans, after it generated ...
May 15, 2020
UK may ease restrictions at different speeds: PM spokesman
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom might ease the restrictions imposed to halt the spread of coronavirus at different speeds in particular regions, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesman said on ...
May 15, 2020
India to spend $13 billion on a farm infrastructure fund
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will provide one trillion Indian rupees ($13.19 billion) to set up for the agriculture infrastructure fund, Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday. The governme...
May 15, 2020
Chinese ship leaves Malaysian waters after month-long South China Sea standoff
By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Chinese survey ship that had been involved in a month-long standoff with a Malaysian oil exploration vessel in the South China Sea has left Malaysia's excl...
May 15, 2020
