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Saudi sovereign fund seeks $10 billion margin loan: Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund plans to borrow about $10 billion by pledging some of its investment in SoftBank Group Corp's Vision Fund, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday. The rep...
May 16, 2020
Czech state could buy up to 100% of Smartwings airline group: ministers
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech government could buy up to 100% of airline operator Smartwings, the owner of Czech Airlines, or offer the national flag carrier state-guaranteed loans, Industry Minister K...
May 16, 2020
Portugal suspends foreign trash imports to cope with own increased waste
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal, which usually attracts huge mounds of rubbish from other European states because of its low waste management fees, has suspended imports of trash until the end of 2020 to ...
May 16, 2020
Sarajevo protests Mass for slain Nazi allies with march for their victims
By Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Thousands marched through Sarajevo on Saturday to commemorate victims of the Ustasa regime, a puppet state founded by Croat fascists and allied to Nazi Germany...
May 16, 2020
Vehicles, not marches, to mark Iran’s annual anti-Israel rally: president
DUBAI (Reuters) - Rallies next week in Tehran to mark the annual Quds Day against Israel will involve Iranians driving in vehicles not marching through the streets, to avoid spreading the coronavirus,...
May 16, 2020
Zimbabwe to ease coronavirus curbs, but lockdown to remain for now
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe will keep its coronavirus lockdown for the time being, though businesses will be allowed to open for longer and the restrictions will be reviewed every two weeks, President...
May 16, 2020
Germans stage protests against lockdown measures, social distancing rules
BERLIN (Reuters) - Thousands of Germans across the country took to the streets on Saturday to protest against restrictions imposed by the government to contain the coronavirus pandemic, police and org...
May 16, 2020
UK’s confirmed COVID-19 death toll rises to 34,466, up 468
LONDON (Reuters) - A total of 34,466 people who tested positive for the new coronavirus have died in the United Kingdom, a rise of 468 in a 24-hour period, the health ministry said on Saturday. The fi...
May 16, 2020
Liberia’s largest palm oil project lays off 10% of workforce
MONVROVIA (Reuters) - Liberia's largest palm oil company, Golden Veroleum, has laid off 443 employees, more than 10% of its workforce, due to persistently low prices and the economic fallout from the ...
May 16, 2020
South African platinum miner Impala finds 19 coronavirus cases at mine
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Impala Platinum said on Saturday it had detected 19 positive cases of the COVID-19 disease at its Marula operation in northern Limpopo province, and that it wou...
May 16, 2020
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