Category Archives: Syndicated
Futures firm on bets of China-led rebound
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Monday as bets on China leading the revival from a coronavirus-driven downturn helped investors look past a domestic surge in new infections...
Jul 06, 2020
Hong Kong schools should not provide material against new law, government says
By Sarah Wu and Yanni Chow HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong schools should not provide reading material that violates a new national security law unless they use it to "positively teach" students about...
Jul 06, 2020
CureVac nets EU funding to ramp up vaccine production
BERLIN (Reuters) - German biotech company CureVac, which is developing a potential COVID-19 vaccine, has secured a 75 million euro ($85 million) loan from the European Investment Bank to boost its man...
Jul 06, 2020
Polish interest rates should stay at record low through 2021: central banker Lon
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland should keep its key interest rate at a record low 0.1% and raising rates even next year would be too risky, central banker Eryk Lon wrote in an article published on Monday. P...
Jul 06, 2020
Russian journalist found guilty of justifying terrorism, but avoids jail
By Dmitry Vasilyev PSKOV, Russia (Reuters) - A Russian court pronounced journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva guilty of justifying terrorism on Monday, but unexpectedly let her off with a fine, ending a tria...
Jul 06, 2020
Greece to resume direct flights with Britain from July 15
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece is allowing direct flights from Britain on July 15, the Greek government said on Monday, as Athens tries to salvage its all-important summer tourist season. Greece lifted res...
Jul 06, 2020
Die in detention or at home? U.S. pandemic forces cruel choice on asylum seekers
By Laura Gottesdiener MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - In early June, asylum seeker Jose Munoz decided it was time to flee for his life - by getting deported from a Texas immigration detention center whe...
Jul 06, 2020
German recovery from COVID-19 will be slow and painful, data shows
By Joseph Nasr BERLIN (Reuters) - German industrial orders rebounded moderately in May and a fifth of firms in Europe's biggest economy said in a survey published on Monday they feared insolvency, add...
Jul 06, 2020
Swiss passengers don masks on trams and mountain trains to fight COVID-19
ZURICH (Reuters) - Passengers on trains, trams, buses, mountain railways and ferries across Switzerland had to don facemasks on Monday under a government order to help fight the novel coronavirus. The...
Jul 06, 2020
Ukraine economy likely fell 10% in second quarter, full recovery not seen this year: Reuters poll
By Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's economy will be shown to have fallen 10% in the second quarter year-on-year due to restrictions to tame the coronavirus outbreak, and it will not be able t...
Jul 06, 2020
