Category Archives: Syndicated
U.S. hospitals in hard hit regions step up use of steroids on sickest COVID-19 patients
By Michael Erman NEW YORK (Reuters) - Several U.S. hospitals in states with fresh surges of COVID-19 cases have started treating their sickest patients with dexamethasone rather than await confirmatio...
Jun 19, 2020
London Marathon still looking to hold race on Oct. 4: race director
(Reuters) - London Marathon race director Hugh Brasher said on Friday that organizers are working to ensure the rescheduled race is held on Oct. 4 despite the cancellation of September's Great North R...
Jun 19, 2020
Orange ordered to pay rival Digicel close to $280 million
PARIS (Reuters) - French telecoms operator Orange has been ordered by a Paris court to pay local rival Digicel nearly 250 million euros ($280 million) in compensation for anti-competitive practices in...
Jun 19, 2020
Japan begins to unwind dominant position in dollar swaps with Fed
By Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan, the biggest taker of cheap dollar funding from the U.S. Federal Reserve during the coronavirus pandemic, is weaning itself off that supply as it shies away fr...
Jun 19, 2020
Ties in Malaysia’s opposition fray as talks on PM candidate fail
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's opposition has failed to resolve wrangling over which of its two most senior leaders should spearhead its challenge to Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin's administrat...
Jun 19, 2020
German coronavirus tracing app downloaded almost 10 million times: govt
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's smartphone app to help trace coronavirus infections has been downloaded 9.6 million times, a government spokeswoman said on Friday. The app, which SAP and Deutsche Telekom...
Jun 19, 2020
Kremlin says arrest of opposition politician in Belarus is internal matter for Minsk
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia sees the arrest of an opposition politician in neighbouring Belarus as an internal matter for Minsk and has no plans to intervene, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Fri...
Jun 19, 2020
Kremlin denies Putin can manipulate Trump
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin denied on Friday an assertion by a former senior U.S. White House official that Russian President Vladimir Putin thought he could play U.S. President Donald Trump "like ...
Jun 19, 2020
UK might need to tweak pensions promise for COVID effects: lawmaker
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government might need to temporarily suspend the way that growth in wages are included in the country's "triple lock" system for calculating increases in the state pension...
Jun 19, 2020
Indonesia gives tax break to makers of personal protective equipment
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia announced a tax break on Friday for manufacturers of personal protective equipment and household antiseptic products used during the coronavirus outbreak. Manufacturers w...
Jun 19, 2020
