Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Britain’s local councils given more powers to impose lockdowns, PM Johnson says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's local authorities will have more powers to impose local coronavirus lockdowns from Saturday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said. He said councils will be able to close spec...
Jul 17, 2020
UK orders review into potentially unreliable England COVID-19 death data
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's health minister Matt Hancock has ordered a review into how deaths from coronavirus are reported in England after academics said the daily figures may be unreliable and inc...
Jul 17, 2020
U.S. aircraft carriers return to South China Sea amid rising tensions
By James Pearson HANOI (Reuters) - For the second time in two weeks, the United States has deployed two aircraft carriers to the South China Sea, the U.S. Navy said on Friday, as China and the United ...
Jul 17, 2020
Exclusive: Pact to aid poor cocoa farmers in peril as COVID-19 hits demand
By Maytaal Angel and Ange Aboa LONDON/ABIDJAN (Reuters) - The steepest dive in cocoa demand in a decade has thrown into jeopardy a plan by top producers Ivory Coast and Ghana to guarantee some two mil...
Jul 17, 2020
BlackRock quarterly profit jumps 21%
(Reuters) - BlackRock Inc , the world's largest asset manager, reported a 21% jump in quarterly profit on Friday, as investors poured money into its fixed-income funds and cash management services. Th...
Jul 17, 2020
Analysts raise short-term EU carbon price forecasts: survey
By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) - Analysts have increased their European carbon market short-term price forecasts on expectations that financial speculators will continue to buy permits and compan...
Jul 17, 2020
As Philippines fights coronavirus, some fear involvement of the police
By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) - At the peak of the Philippines' war on drugs, people in the rundown neighbourhoods of Navotas in the capital Manila grew used to police knocking on doors, or bursting ...
Jul 17, 2020
ECB’s de Guindos sees EU agreement on recovery fund by end-July
MADRID (Reuters) - European Central Bank Vice-President Luis de Guindos said on Friday he expected European leaders to reach an agreement on the recovery fund "very soon" and before the end of July. "...
Jul 17, 2020
Portugal’s EDP keeps net income goal and dividend despite pandemic
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's biggest utility EDP will stick to its recurring net income target of 850-900 million euros this year, and will not cut its dividend, despite the impac...
Jul 17, 2020
U.S. Congress set for battle over next coronavirus aid bill
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress returns to Washington on Monday with Democratic and Republican leaders agreeing that they need to pass something to salve the heavy toll of th...
Jul 17, 2020
