Category Archives: Syndicated
Gold storms past $1,800 towards new record high
By Peter Hobson LONDON (Reuters) - Gold pushed above $1,800 an ounce on Wednesday for the first time since 2011, with analysts expecting further gains as investors stock up on an asset they expect to ...
Jul 08, 2020
New Jersey to make face masks mandatory outdoors as U.S. outbreak widens
By Peter Szekely and Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said on Wednesday he would sign an executive order requiring people to wear face coverings outdoors to preven...
Jul 08, 2020
Canada slow to deport foreigners ordered to leave, government watchdog says
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada is slow to deport foreign nationals ordered to leave the country, partly due to poor data quality and flaws in the way cases are managed, a top official wa...
Jul 08, 2020
Merck says it has agreed to supply potential COVID-19 drug Rebif to EU countries
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German drugmaker Merck said on Wednesday it had agreed to supply its potential COVID-19 drug Rebif to European Union countries should orders be placed for the treatment. The comm...
Jul 08, 2020
Saudi Arabia nominates candidate to head WTO: document
GENEVA (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia nominated a former economy and planning minister to head the World Trade Organization on Wednesday, a WTO document showed, amid a last-minute flurry of submissions to s...
Jul 08, 2020
U.N. chief warns foreign interference in Libya conflict at ‘unprecedented levels’
NEW YORK (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the Security Council on Wednesday that the conflict in Libya has entered a new phase "with foreign interference reaching u...
Jul 08, 2020
Monaco court upholds case dismissal against art dealer accused of defrauding Russian oligarch
(Reuters) - A Monaco court on Wednesday upheld an earlier ruling dismissing a case against a prominent art dealer accused by a Russian oligarch of fraud and money laundering, lawyers for the art deale...
Jul 08, 2020
Brazil’s Bolsonaro, sick with coronavirus, says he is ‘doing very well’
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday he was "doing very well" after contracting the coronavirus, and credited an unproven drug for his mild symptoms. Bolsonaro te...
Jul 08, 2020
Spanish PM ‘disturbed’ by allegations of former king’s corruption
By Beln Carreo and Nathan Allen MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday described corruption allegations surrounding former King Juan Carlos as disturbing after several me...
Jul 08, 2020
SEAT urges Spain to ‘wake up’ and promote electric cars
By Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spain needs to "wake up" and follow other European countries in giving more incentives for electric cars, the head of Volkswagen's Spanish brand SEAT said on Wednesd...
Jul 08, 2020
