Category Archives: Syndicated
GCC economies expected to shrink by 7.6% this year – IMF
DUBAI (Reuters) - Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries will see their economies shrink by 7.6% this year amid low oil prices and the new coronavirus crisis, a senior International Monetary Fund of...
Jun 30, 2020
Motor racing: Renault retain Sirotkin as F1 reserve
LONDON (Reuters) - Russian Sergey Sirotkin will be on standby in Austria this weekend after Renault announced on Tuesday they had retained him as their Formula One reserve driver. The role has come in...
Jun 30, 2020
Tennis: Kyrgios, Becker in war of words over Zverev’s partying video
(Reuters) - Nick Kyrgios and Boris Becker traded insults on social media on Tuesday following the Australian's criticism of Alexander Zverev after a video appeared to show the German dancing in a crow...
Jun 30, 2020
UK PM Johnson says on Huawei: we must protect from ‘hostile state vendors’
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday that Britain needed to protect its critical national infrastructure from "hostile state vendors" when deciding what role China's Huawei ...
Jun 30, 2020
Virus fears lead futures lower after strong quarterly rebound
By Pawel Goraj (Reuters) - U.S. index futures dipped on the last trading day of the second quarter on Tuesday as coronavirus-related worries and simmering U.S.-China tensions weighed on sentiment at t...
Jun 30, 2020
Iran sentences former journalist to death for fuelling unrest
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has sentenced to death Ruhollah Zam, a journalist-turned-activist captured abroad last year, for allegedly fuelling anti-government unrest in late 2017 on social media, Iranian ...
Jun 30, 2020
New rules may be needed for payments in wake of Wirecard, BIS boss says
LONDON (Reuters) - More joined up rules may be needed across the payments sector after the collapse of Germany's Wirecard AG, Bank for International Settlements president Augustin Carstens said. Wirec...
Jun 30, 2020
Zynerba’s cannabis-based drug for rare genetic disorder fails study
(Reuters) - Zynerba Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Tuesday its experimental cannabinoid gel, Zygel, did not meet main and key secondary goals of a pivotal trial in patients with a neurological disorder c...
Jun 30, 2020
Madrid taxi drivers demand fleet limits amid weak demand
MADRID (Reuters) - Thousands of taxi drivers took to the streets of Madrid on Tuesday, honking their horns and clogging up the roads around city hall to demand a limit on the number of vehicles allowe...
Jun 30, 2020
BIS warns of market ‘exuberance’ over virus efforts
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank for International Settlements has urged central banks to outline how they plan to reel in coronavirus support measures, but also warned that financial markets...
Jun 30, 2020
