Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Brazil real to strengthen more on higher U.S. dollar inflows from trade surplus: Reuters poll
By Gabriel Burin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Brazil's real will likely extend its recent uptrend after a crash earlier this year, supported by higher U.S. dollar inflows but held back by a brutal recessi...
Aug 06, 2020
10 countries account for 80% of Africa COVID-19 testing – Africa CDC
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ten countries account for 80% of the new coronavirus testing taking place across Africa, a regional body said on Thursday, indicating that little testing is taking place in man...
Aug 06, 2020
‘Revolution’: Angry crowds in Beirut urge Macron to help bring change
By Ellen Francis and Michel Rose BEIRUT (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron toured Beirut's shattered streets on Thursday, two days after a giant explosion, with crowds demanding the end to a...
Aug 06, 2020
Turkey’s tumbling lira tests Erdogan’s rate resolve
By Jonathan Spicer and Tom Arnold ISTANBUL/LONDON (Reuters) - Turkish central bank head Murat Uysal has stuck to the rate-cutting script since President Tayyip Erdogan hired him to lift Turkey out of ...
Aug 06, 2020
Why the coronavirus is killing so many of Mexico’s healthcare workers
By Diego Or MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - When the coronavirus epidemic began to intensify in Mexico at the end of March, Doctor Jose Garcia said his bosses at a public trauma hospital in Mexico City denied...
Aug 06, 2020
Facebook rejects request to release Myanmar officials’ data for genocide case
By Poppy McPherson (Reuters) - Facebook has objected to a request from Gambia, which has accused Myanmar at the World Court of genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority, to release posts and commu...
Aug 06, 2020
Ivory Coast police fire teargas at supporters of former president
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Police fired teargas to disperse a protest in the commercial capital, Abidjan, on Thursday against the exclusion of former President Laurent Gbagbo and others from the voter rolls ...
Aug 06, 2020
England’s COVID-19 spread slows, Imperial College study shows
LONDON (Reuters) - The spread of the novel coronavirus in England slowed in June and early July, according to an Imperial College study of 150,000 volunteers. "As the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in England tr...
Aug 06, 2020
China central bank says it will make policy more flexible and targeted
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's central bank said on Thursday it would make its prudent monetary policy more flexible and targeted, and keep liquidity appropriately ample to support economic recovery. The...
Aug 06, 2020
Philippines trying to confirm death of ex-Wirecard executive
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines is seeking to confirm whether a recently registered death was that of former Wirecard executive Christopher Bauer, one of several people being investigated over a mu...
Aug 06, 2020
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