Author Archives: Syndicated Content
French auditor says EDF must ensure financing to build new nuclear
PARIS (Reuters) - France's public auditor said on Thursday EDF must establish the financing and profitability of nuclear reactors before launching projects, dealing a blow to the state-owned utility's...
Jul 09, 2020
Italy heals after coronavirus, but scars remain for priest who blessed the dead
By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - Italy's coronavirus lockdown is over and the daily death toll has dwindled, but Italians are coping with the fallout of an epidemic that has killed 35,000 people and ...
Jul 09, 2020
British retailer Boots to cut 4,000 jobs
LONDON (Reuters) - British health and beauty retailer Boots plans to cut 4,000 jobs and close 48 optician stores, in the latest major blow to the country's retail sector from the COVID-19 crisis. Brit...
Jul 09, 2020
China to boost investments, financing for water conservancy projects
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will deepen investment and boost financing mechanisms to expedite construction of water conservancy projects and improve its ability to guard against floods, state television...
Jul 09, 2020
Argentina debt deal hopes survive bondholder group blow
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Analysts kept faith that Argentina would be able strike a debt deal with its creditors on Thursday, after the most prominent group of funds had dismissed the governmen...
Jul 09, 2020
WHO sets up panel to review handling of pandemic
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday that it was setting up an independent panel to review its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the response by governments...
Jul 09, 2020
Former Olympian Ungemach charged over hit-and-run death in Sydney: reports
(Reuters) - Former Olympic rower and two-times world champion Matthias Ungemach has been charged over an alleged hit-and-run in Sydney which resulted in the death of a 66-year-old man, Australian medi...
Jul 09, 2020
Indonesia finmin says second quarter GDP may shrink by as much as 5.1%
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's gross domestic product may have shrunk by as much as 5.1% on-year in April-June because of the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, but will likely expand in subseque...
Jul 09, 2020
EU raises its bet on blood plasma in search for COVID-19 therapy
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union wants to fast-track funding to treat COVID-19 patients with blood plasma collected from survivors, an EU document seen by Reuters shows, ...
Jul 09, 2020
Five more policemen arrested for custody death in southern India
By Sudarshan Varadhan CHENNAI, India (Reuters) - Five more policemen were arrested in a widening investigation into the deaths of a father and his son while in police custody in southern India, an off...
Jul 09, 2020
