Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Alpine skiing: 2021 World Championships in Italy may be pushed back a year
ROME (Reuters) - The Italian winter sports federation (FISI) will ask to push back the 2021 Alpine skiing World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo by a year because of uncertainties linked to the coro...
May 25, 2020
French government’s crisis measures have cost 450 billion euros – finance minister
PARIS (Reuters) - French government measures to prop up the economy through the coronavirus crisis have cost 450 billion euros ($490 billion), the equivalent of 20% of GDP, the finance minister said o...
May 25, 2020
‘No Eid in our home’: Pakistani families mourn crash victims
By Syed Raza Hassan and Charlotte Greenfield KARACHI/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - As Fazal Rahmaan, 80 and his wife, Wahida Rahmaan, 74, boarded a plane in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Friday, their famil...
May 25, 2020
France’s Le Maire in favour of delaying summer sales
PARIS (Reuters) - France's Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Monday he favoured delaying French summer sales by three to four weeks to beef up the cash situation of retailers who were hit by a l...
May 25, 2020
Bayer has verbal agreement with some glyphosate claimants: Bloomberg
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Bayer said on Monday it had made progress seeking a settlement over claims its glyphosate-based Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, after Bloomberg reported the company reached a v...
May 25, 2020
Asahi to borrow $11 billion for purchase of AB InBev’s Australia unit
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese beer maker Asahi Group Holdings said on Monday it would borrow 1.185 trillion yen ($11 billion) from Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp (SMBC) to pay for its acquisition of Anheus...
May 25, 2020
Slump in consumption, exports push Germany into recession in first quarter
BERLIN (Reuters) - A slump in capital investments, private consumption and exports pushed the German economy into a recession in the first quarter, detailed data showed on Monday, giving a glimpse of ...
May 25, 2020
Thai central bank governor Veerathai will not seek 2nd term
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's central bank governor Veerathai Santiprabhob, whose five-year term ends on Sept. 30, will not apply for a second term because of family reasons, the Bank of Thailand (BO...
May 25, 2020
Hong Kong border town slumps as mainland traders vanish
By Sarah Wu SHEUNG SHUI, Hong Kong (Reuters) - Last summer, pro-democracy protesters harassed Chinese traders in Sheung Shui and smashed storefronts that catered to them in the Hong Kong border town, ...
May 25, 2020
Privacy activist Schrems calls on EU authorities to get Irish watchdog moving
VIENNA (Reuters) - Privacy activist Max Schrems called on the European authorities to push the Irish regulator to speed up its handling of cases he has brought against Facebook on the second anniversa...
May 25, 2020
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