Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Vatican’s new financial regulator vows transparency
By Philip Pullella and Stefano Bernabei VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican's new financial regulator says he is confident that the days when the Holy See would "wash dirty laundry" in private are ov...
Jul 03, 2020
Copenhagen’s Little Mermaid labelled “racist fish”
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark woke up on Friday to the words "racist fish" scrawled across the base of the "Little Mermaid", the bronze statue honouring Hans Christian Andersen's famous fairy tale th...
Jul 03, 2020
RBS chairman calls on BoE to lift dividend curbs by autumn
By Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) - The chairman of majority state-backed lender Royal Bank of Scotland has called on the Bank of England to lift curbs on dividends by the autumn to make lenders attrac...
Jul 03, 2020
Airlines begin legal challenge to UK quarantine policy
LONDON (Reuters) - Three of Europe's biggest airlines began a legal challenge to the British government's quarantine rules for travellers on Friday, saying they should be struck down as the rule was d...
Jul 03, 2020
Serbia’s capital declares state of emergency over rising COVID-19 cases
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's authorities declared a state of emergency in Belgrade on Friday, reimposing some restrictions to slow the spread of COVID-19 after a surge of infections in the capital. R...
Jul 03, 2020
‘King of the road’ rules again as Philippines eases lockdown
By Adrian Portugal MANILA (Reuters) - Thousands of jeepneys, flamboyantly decorated jeeps that serve as cheap public transport across the Philippines, were back on the streets of Manila on Friday, bri...
Jul 03, 2020
Uber widens taxi app to Japan’s Tokyo but ride-sharing still barred
TOKYO (Reuters) - Uber Technologies launched a ride-hailing smartphone application in Tokyo on Friday in partnership with three domestic taxi firms, even as strict regulations block its popular ride-s...
Jul 03, 2020
Indian video-sharing apps surge in popularity on TikTok ban
By Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian tech and entertainment firms are looking to capitalise on sudden opportunities arising from a government ban on Chinese owned apps, including the wild...
Jul 03, 2020
McLaren first on track as F1 season finally starts
SPIELBERG, Austria (Reuters) - McLaren's Carlos Sainz was first out on track as the opening free practice session of the much-delayed Formula One season got underway at a damp and overcast Red Bull Ri...
Jul 03, 2020
Sushi meets AI: Japanese inventor’s app scopes out choice tuna cuts
By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) - If you've ever bought supermarket sushi, you may know the taste trauma that hit Kazuhiro Shimura one night. But "disappointing" tuna sparked an idea: he'd develop an art...
Jul 03, 2020
