Category Archives: Syndicated
Death toll rises in border clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia
BAKU/YEREVAN (Reuters) - Seven Azeri soldiers and a civilian, and two Armenian servicemen were killed on Tuesday in the third day of border clashes between countries that fought a war in the 1990s ove...
Jul 14, 2020
India’s Flipkart raises $1.2 billion in Walmart-led funding
BENGALURU (Reuters) - U.S. retail giant Walmart will lead a $1.2 billion investment in its Indian e-commerce unit Flipkart, giving it a valuation of $24.9 billion, Flipkart said on Tuesday. The invest...
Jul 14, 2020
Shock and ale: electric fence keeps drinkers back from the bar in English pub
By Tom Nicholson St JUST, England (Reuters) - Man walks into a bar, and into an electric fence. It's not a joke, but rather the novel measure taken by one Cornish pub to enforce distance rules to stop...
Jul 14, 2020
China’s Wanda Film warn a loss
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's largest cinema chain operator Wanda Film said on Tuesday it expects to report a net loss of 1.5 to 1.6 billion yuan (214 to 228 million dollars) in the first half of this y...
Jul 14, 2020
Chinese university sacks professor who criticised President Xi, friends say
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Beijing law professor who has been an outspoken critic of China's President Xi Jinping and the ruling Communist Party was fired by his university after being released from a near...
Jul 14, 2020
Thailand’s AIS says Huawei among five companies tendering to build 5G core networks
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Advanced Info Service Pcl said on Tuesday Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL] is among five companies tendering to build its 5G core networks. AIS, Thailand's largest mobile op...
Jul 14, 2020
The Race Gap: How U.S. systemic racism plays out in Black lives
By Travis Hartman, Samuel Hart, Jonnelle Marte and Howard Schneider (Reuters) - Inequality between white and Black Americans persists in almost every aspect of society and the economy. Such disadvanta...
Jul 14, 2020
Where COVID-19 is spreading fastest in the United States
By Chris Canipe and Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - The United States reported over 400,000 new COVID-19 cases for the week ended July 12, up 21% from the previous seven days, and deaths linked to the respi...
Jul 14, 2020
Delta CEO says air travel ‘at a stall’ amid resurgent virus, recovery over two years away
By Tracy Rucinski CHICAGO (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines warned on Tuesday it will be more than two years before the industry sees a sustainable recovery from the "staggering" impact of the coronavirus p...
Jul 14, 2020
Long legal battle by Jeffrey Epstein victims could sink Maxwell’s defense
By Tom Hals and Karen Freifeld (Reuters) - Women who say they were victims of Jeffrey Epstein have spent 12 years trying to undo an unusual plea deal that spared the deceased financier from federal pr...
Jul 14, 2020
