Author Archives: Syndicated Content
ECB aims to fulfil mandate as interpreted by top EU court: Villeroy
PARIS (Reuters) - The European Central Bank aims to fully deliver on its mandate as interpreted by the European Union's highest court, ECB policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Wednesday. Ge...
May 06, 2020
Fed’s Barkin: Best ‘stimulus’ would be consistency about reopening protocols
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The best way to get the economy back on track would be "consistency and unanimity" among state and federal officials about the health protocols needed for businesses to operate ...
May 06, 2020
Germany’s Bundesliga can restart in second half of May: Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Bundesliga can restart games from the second half of May following the coronavirus stoppage, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday. Merkel's announcement had been wid...
May 06, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court’s Ginsburg takes part in arguments after treatment
By Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, at 87 the oldest member of the U.S. Supreme Court, participated in oral arguments on Wednesday a day after being...
May 06, 2020
Earthquake of magnitude 6.9 strikes in sea off Indonesia, no tsunami risk
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 struck in the Banda Sea, off Indonesia on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 117 km (73 mile...
May 06, 2020
Golf: 2020 World Amateur Team Championships cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
(Reuters) - This year's World Amateur Team Championships (WATC), scheduled for October, have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Golf Federation (IGF) said on Tuesday. The b...
May 06, 2020
Germany to ease lockdown as Merkel hails end of very first phase of pandemic
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday announced a range of steps agreed with Germany's 16 federal state leaders to ease the coronavirus lockdown, saying the first phase of the pande...
May 06, 2020
Motor racing: Ganassi to take on Andretti in Extreme E electric series
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Chip Ganassi Racing will take on U.S. track rivals Andretti Autosport in electric racing next year after being announced on Wednesday as the latest team to sign up f...
May 06, 2020
Germany’s Bundesbank will have to shoulder the ECB’s legal fight – sources
By Francesco Canepa, Balazs Koranyi and Frank Siebelt FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's central bank will have to take the lead in persuading authorities that the European Central Bank has not exceeded ...
May 06, 2020
U.S. Open winner Andreescu stays focused on becoming world No. 1
MUMBAI (Reuters) - U.S. Open champion Bianca Andreescu has discovered a powerful tool to compensate for limited training opportunities amid the COVID-19 lockdown as the Canadian teenager remains focus...
May 06, 2020
