Category Archives: Syndicated
Brazil restricts foreigners entry due to COVID-19
By Eduardo Simes SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's government will restrict the entrance of foreigners to the country for 30 days due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, it said in a decree late on Tuesda...
Jul 01, 2020
German authorities search Continental, VW as part of diesel probe
BERLIN (Reuters) - German prosecutors have extended their diesel emissions probe to include auto supplier Continental for its role in supplying engine components, searching the company's offices and t...
Jul 01, 2020
Greenland’s youth question colonial past in wake of Black Lives Matter
By Nikolaj Skydsgaard and Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - In Greenland, 21-year-old hip-hop artist Josef Tarrak-Petrussen is the tattooed face of the local Black Lives Matter movement, ...
Jul 01, 2020
Investors reckon China’s grip is good for Hong Kong markets
By Samuel Shen and Noah Sin SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - In the streets of Hong Kong, activists protest against China's new security law. But in the trading rooms of Asia's dominant financial hub, i...
Jul 01, 2020
Child labour on Ivory Coast cocoa farms rises during pandemic, study finds
By Ange Aboa ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Child labour has increased in top grower Ivory Coast's cocoa sector during its coronavirus lockdown, according to a report released on Wednesday by an industry-backed ...
Jul 01, 2020
Sigma-Aldrich, not Merck gave misleading info in deal review, EU says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. drugmaker Sigma-Aldrich provided incorrect and misleading information during an antitrust review of its 2015 takeover by Merck KGaA , EU regulators said on Wednesday as they ...
Jul 01, 2020
U.S. Air Force pilot killed in fighter jet crash at South Carolina base
(Reuters) - A U.S. Air Force fighter jet crashed during a routine nighttime training mission in South Carolina, killing the pilot, the Air Force said on Wednesday. The Lockheed-Martin F-16CM crashed a...
Jul 01, 2020
Lavillenie to miss Diamond League’s Zurich leg with fractured thumb
(Reuters) - French pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie will miss this month's Zurich Diamond League event after breaking his thumb during training. "I underwent tests that showed a fractured thumb, I will ...
Jul 01, 2020
General Mills beats estimates on virus-led stockpiling
(Reuters) - General Mills Inc posted better-than-expected quarterly results on Wednesday as shelter-in-home orders forced people to stock up on cereals and snacks. Sales at its North America retail se...
Jul 01, 2020
Philip Green’s UK Arcadia group to cut 500 head office jobs
LONDON (Reuters) - Philip Green's British fashion group Arcadia plans to cut 500 of its head office workforce of 2,500, it said on Wednesday, blaming the coronavirus crisis for the restructuring. "Due...
Jul 01, 2020
