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Germany’s BaFin conducting multiple investigations into Wirecard: president
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's financial watchdog said on Tuesday that it was looking very closely at developments surrounding German payments company Wirecard . BaFin president Felix Hufeld, speakin...
May 12, 2020
Coronavirus epidemic could deal mortal blow to Spain’s struggling bullfighting world
MADRID (Reuters) - Usually at this time of year Madrid's Las Ventas bullring is packed as matadors take on lethal half-tonne bulls in daily fights during the annual San Isidro festival. But plazas acr...
May 12, 2020
“Madness” to hold Uganda vote if virus persists: Museveni
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda's long-serving President Yoweri Museveni has said it would be wrong to hold a presidential election due early next year if the coronavirus persists, signalling for the first...
May 12, 2020
BlackRock ‘reviewing’ overweight on southern euro zone debt after German court ruling
(Reuters) - BlackRock said it was "reviewing" its overweight position on southern euro zone debt, citing the recent German court ruling which risked undermining the European Central Bank's independenc...
May 12, 2020
MLB owners to present proposal to start season
(Reuters) - Major League Baseball owners will present a proposal to players on Tuesday that will outline plans for the start of the coronavirus-hit 2020 season, a source close to the talks told Reuter...
May 12, 2020
Defensives, upbeat earnings lift European shares
(Reuters) - European shares edged higher on Tuesday following a clutch of upbeat quarterly earnings reports, but investors remained cautious of a resurgence in new coronavirus cases as hard-hit econom...
May 12, 2020
China says it is not yet the time to relax coronavirus measures
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's health authority said on Tuesday that the reappearance of local clusters of coronavirus cases in recent days suggests that counter-epidemic measures cannot be relaxed yet. ...
May 12, 2020
Japan finance minister says no tax cuts for time being to counter pandemic
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday he was not considering tax cuts, including a reduction in the sales tax, for the time being as a way of easing the economic pain fr...
May 12, 2020
Russia reports 10,899 new coronavirus cases, surpasses UK tally
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Tuesday reported 10,899 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total past that of Britain to 232,243, the third highest total wor...
May 12, 2020
Hong Kong police chief admits ‘undesirable’ behaviour towards media at protest
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's police chief said on Tuesday his officers should have been more professional in dealing with media during protests at which they pepper-sprayed journalists and made s...
May 12, 2020
