Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Poland’s PM calls on Senate to speed up work on election legislation
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has called on the upper house of the parliament, the Senate, to speed up work that would enable holding the presidential election on May 1...
Apr 29, 2020
Lockdown forces Spain’s property market to modernise
By Clara-Laeila Laudette and Inti Landauro MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's lockdown is dragging one of Europe's older-fashioned property markets into the 21st century, with estate agents scrambling to offe...
Apr 29, 2020
Construction site fire in South Korea kills at least 25: Yonhap
SEOUL (Reuters) - A fire at a construction site in South Korea killed at least 25 people and injured another seven on Wednesday, Yonhap news agency reported, citing fire authorities. All of the victim...
Apr 29, 2020
European shares flat as defensives offset upbeat earnings
By Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) - European shares struggled to maintain early gains on Wednesday, as a slide in defensive stocks countered upbeat forecasts from German automakers and sensor specialist AMS...
Apr 29, 2020
It’s a boy: British PM Johnson and fiancee ‘thrilled’ by birth of a son
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's fiancee, Carrie Symonds, gave birth to a baby boy on Wednesday at a London hospital, slightly earlier than had been expected. Both mother and ...
Apr 29, 2020
Beiersdorf top managers to waive 20% of fixed pay until December
BERLIN (Reuters) - Top managers at Nivea-maker Beiersdorf are waiving 20% of their fixed compensation between April and December, Chief Executive Stefan De Loecker said on Wednesday, adding that the l...
Apr 29, 2020
Hong Kong court rejects appeal by protest leader Edward Leung
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by pro-democracy activist Edward Leung against a six-year jail term for his part in demonstrations in the Chinese...
Apr 29, 2020
Poland plans revenue surcharge on Netflix and others
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland plans to introduce a 1.5% surcharge on the revenue of video-on-demand platforms such as Netflix, Finance Minister Tadeusz Koscinski said on Wednesday. "This will not be a tax...
Apr 29, 2020
German inflation to slow further in April, regional data suggests
BERLIN (Reuters) - Inflation slowed further in several German states in April, data showed on Wednesday, suggesting the national reading will stay well below the European Central Bank's target and pos...
Apr 29, 2020
Uganda restricts truckers on busy trade route to curb coronavirus
By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda has stepped up restrictions on trucks passing through its territory - limiting them to one driver and banning them from stopping over in hotels - in a b...
Apr 29, 2020
