Category Archives: Syndicated
UK competition chief Tyrie to step down in September
LONDON (Reuters) - Andrew Tyrie, chair of Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), will step down in September, just over two years after taking up the role, the CMA said on Thursday. Tyrie,...
Jun 18, 2020
England’s high streets half empty despite shops re-opening
LONDON (Reuters) - England's high streets and shopping centres are still half empty compared to last year, despite the easing of lockdown rules which has allowed all stores to re-open, showing the cha...
Jun 18, 2020
Fed’s Kaplan: Systemic racism is ‘all of our problem’ – MarketPlace
(Reuters) - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan on Friday said systemic racism in the United States is everyone's problem and addressing it effectively would improve the country's e...
Jun 18, 2020
Worker dies in accident at Codelco´s Radomiro Tomic mine in northern Chile
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's state-owned Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, said Thursday a worker had died in an accident at its Radomiro Tomic mine in northern Chile whi...
Jun 18, 2020
Brazil police arrest former aide to president’s son in graft probe
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian police on Thursday arrested a former aide to President Jair Bolsonaro's eldest son in a graft investigation threatening to undermine his campaign promises to crack down...
Jun 18, 2020
ArcelorMittal South Africa plans job cuts following pandemic hit
(Reuters) - Steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa Ltd said on Thursday it plans to cut an unspecified number of jobs as part of a restructuring to cut costs and deal with excess capacity due to th...
Jun 18, 2020
Serbia ready to sacrifice EU membership over Kosovo deal
By Aleksandar Vasovic BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday he would reject European Union membership if Belgrade does not receive concessions in return for recognis...
Jun 18, 2020
Russia lifts ban on Telegram messaging app after failing to block it
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Thursday lifted a ban on the Telegram messaging app that had failed to stop the widely-used programme operating despite being in force for more than two years. Some Russia...
Jun 18, 2020
North Korea continues to present ‘extraordinary’ threat to region: Pentagon official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea's activities in recent days have shown that Pyongyang continues to pose an "extraordinary" threat to the Asia-Pacific region, a senior Pentagon official said on Thur...
Jun 18, 2020
UK economy starting to recover but jobs news bad, BoE’s Bailey says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's economy is recovering a bit more quickly than the Bank of England thought a month ago as the government eases its COVID-19 lockdown, but news from the labour market is mos...
Jun 18, 2020
