Category Archives: Syndicated
BT’s Openreach commits to connect 3.2 million hard-to-reach UK premises
LONDON (Reuters) - Openreach, the networking arm of Britain's BT , plans to build gigabit-capable broadband to 3.2 million homes and businesses in hard-to-reach areas after regulator Ofcom proposed a ...
Jul 29, 2020
New virus outbreak dashes hopes for quick Hong Kong economic recovery
By Donny Kwok and Twinnie Siu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's long recession showed some signs of easing in the second quarter as coronavirus restrictions were lifted, but a quick recovery is now in...
Jul 29, 2020
Russian COVID-19 vaccine approval imminent, source says
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's first potential COVID-19 vaccine will win local regulatory approval in the first half of August and be administered to frontline health workers soon afterw...
Jul 29, 2020
Aircraft lessor AerCap cancels order for 15 Boeing 737 MAX planes
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Leasing giant AerCap has reduced its order for Boeing's grounded 737 MAX aircraft by 15 planes, leaving it with 80 of the planes on order as regulators continue to review the 737 MA...
Jul 29, 2020
In Mumbai’s slums, over half of population probably infected with coronavirus, survey says
By Shilpa Jamkhandikar MUMBAI (Reuters) - More than half the people living in Mumbai's sprawling slums are probably infected with the novel coronavirus, which suggests the metropolis could be heading ...
Jul 29, 2020
Iran fires ballistic missiles from underground for first time
(Reuters) - Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards fired ballistic missiles from underground for the first time as part of an annual military drill, Amirali Hajizadeh, the head of the aerospace division of...
Jul 29, 2020
Israeli chipmaker Tower Semi second-quarter profit 1 cent short of estimates
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli chip manufacturer Tower Semiconductor missed quarterly profit estimates by one cent and said the company had not experienced any interruptions to its manufacturing or sup...
Jul 29, 2020
States can restrict protests on public health grounds, U.N. says
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - Governments have the right to restrict protests on public health grounds, the U.N. Human Rights Committee said on Wednesday. The committee stepped in to formulate its ...
Jul 29, 2020
Prada flags recovery in Asia after virus hits first-half sales
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian fashion group Prada said on Wednesday sales had recovered sharply in Asia since June after the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic triggered a 40% decline for comparable re...
Jul 29, 2020
Madrid’s COVID immunity cards plan faces backlash
By Paola Luelmo and Nathan Allen MADRID (Reuters) - Health experts, citizens' rights groups and lawmakers lined up on Wednesday to criticise plans by Madrid authorities to give immunity passports to p...
Jul 29, 2020
