Category Archives: Syndicated
How coronavirus became a market inferno and what was done to douse it
By Ritvik Carvalho LONDON (Reuters) - From a January lockdown in a Chinese province to 10 million infections worldwide, the coronavirus' march across the globe has buffeted markets at every step these...
Jun 30, 2020
Horseracing: O’Brien seeking eighth Oaks win with 11/8 favourite Love
(Reuters) - Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien's Love has been listed as an 11/8 favourite with Unibet for the Investec Oaks, which will take place at Epsom Downs on July 4. Love, who won the 1000 Guineas in...
Jun 30, 2020
EU agrees ‘safe’ list of 14 countries for travel resumption
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union governments have agreed an initial "safe list" of 14 countries from which they will allow non-essential travel from July, with the United States among the most nota...
Jun 30, 2020
Mexican president says political party funding should be cut by half
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday that Congress should reduce political party funding by at least half ahead of legislative elections next year as p...
Jun 30, 2020
Thousands of Sudanese rally for faster reform after Bashir ouster
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Tens of thousands demonstrated on Tuesday in Sudanese cities despite a coronavirus lockdown to demand greater civilian rule in the transition towards democracy after the ouster of...
Jun 30, 2020
Punching through the pandemic: Kenyan boxing club gives kids a break
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Vanessa Wanjera packs a punch. The 14-year-old Kenyan took up boxing two years ago but she already has big dreams. "I want to be a champion, instead of staying in the slums," Wanje...
Jun 30, 2020
Nasdaq’s $1.2 trillion biotech index draws Europe’s COVID drug hunters
By Inti Landauro and Abhinav Ramnarayan MADRID/LONDON (Reuters) - Spain's Pharma Mar is looking at listing on New York's Nasdaq market, joining a flurry of biotech companies aiming to tap investors' v...
Jun 30, 2020
‘Glow’ to replace ‘whitening’ in some L’Oreal skin products
PARIS (Reuters) - L'Oreal will gradually replace "white" or "fair" with "glow" or "even" for some products designed to help even out skin tones, the cosmetic group's chief executive said on Tuesday. T...
Jun 30, 2020
Brazil unemployment rate 12.9%, less than half working-age population in work
By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's unemployment rate rose to its highest in two years, official figures showed on Tuesday, as the coronavirus-fueled shock to the economy inflicted increas...
Jun 30, 2020
Pakistani pilots question government list of ‘dubious’ pilots
By Syed Raza Hassan and Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani airline pilots and their union have raised questions about a government list of 262 pilots with "dubious" creden...
Jun 30, 2020
