Category Archives: Syndicated
Kentucky Democrats to learn party’s pick to take on Republican Mitch McConnell
By Susan Cornwell (Reuters) - Kentucky voters will learn on Tuesday which Democrat will challenge Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in November: Black progressive Charles Booker, or es...
Jun 30, 2020
Writing on the wall: Congolese murals counter COVID-19 denial
KINSHASA (Reuters) - In central Kinshasa, freshly painted murals show traditional idols wearing medical masks or applying hand sanitiser, part of an art initiative to counter public disbelief in the f...
Jun 30, 2020
Spain needs economic reforms to avoid ‘chronic’ debt, says central bank
By Jess Aguado and Emma Pinedo MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's tourism-dependent economy needs profound structural reforms to avoid "chronic" levels of public debt that could hinder long-term growth, the B...
Jun 30, 2020
Exclusive: After pandemic, U.S. senators want review of drug supply chain
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican and Democratic U.S. senators called for a government analysis of foreign influence in the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain on Tuesday, saying the...
Jun 30, 2020
BoE’s Haldane says economic outlook a bit less grim
LONDON (Reuters) - The outlook for Britain's economy is less negative than it was in May but there still a risk of high and persistent unemployment, the Bank of England's chief economist Andy Haldane ...
Jun 30, 2020
Dubai World makes final repayment to creditors of $8.2 billion
DUBAI (Reuters) - State conglomerate Dubai World, at the centre of Dubai's debt crisis a decade ago, said on Tuesday it had made a final payment of $8.2 billion to creditors. The payment, made ahead o...
Jun 30, 2020
LinkedIn users ditch polite networking for real talk on U.S. race and inequity
By Arriana McLymore NEW YORK (Reuters) - "This is white supremacy. This is institutionalized racism," Aaisha Joseph, an executive assistant in New York City, posted on Microsoft Corp's LinkedIn in ear...
Jun 30, 2020
Democrat Hickenlooper favored to win Colorado Senate primary despite stumbles
By John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper will try to secure the state's Democratic U.S. Senate nomination on Tuesday after a series of stumbles in a race vi...
Jun 30, 2020
UK says it will not bend on health service, standards in U.S. trade talks
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government said on Tuesday it would not compromise on the country's health service, environmental protection, animal welfare and food safety standards in talks with the Un...
Jun 30, 2020
From food to cars, Saudis stock up ahead of VAT hike
By Marwa Rashad and Davide Barbuscia RIYADH/DUBAI (Reuters) - People in Saudi Arabia rushed to buy goods from imported fruit juices to cars ahead of a sharp hike in value-added tax on July 1, introduc...
Jun 30, 2020
