Category Archives: Syndicated
Indonesia seeking its own COVID-19 vaccine amid worry about access
By Kate Lamb (Reuters) - Indonesia is working to produce its own COVID-19 vaccine next year, amid growing anxiety that developing countries could have difficulty getting access to a future jab, the he...
Jul 02, 2020
Hong Kong bourse told to improve ‘Chinese wall’ against conflicts of interest
By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's markets watchdog has told the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK) to improve its "Chinese wall" protocols among other changes to better manage potential c...
Jul 02, 2020
Belgian retirement home offers ‘hug curtain’ for safe embrace
By Bart Biesemans PERUWELZ, Belgium (Reuters) - Residents of a Belgian retirement home are able to soothe the pain of social distancing measures imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic by embracing their lov...
Jul 02, 2020
Africa lost almost $55 billion in travel and tourism due to pandemic: AU
DAKAR (Reuters) - Africa countries have lost almost $55 billion in travel and tourism revenues in three months due to the coronavirus pandemic, the African Union commissioner for infrastructure and en...
Jul 02, 2020
Turkish central bank saw slight rise in year-end inflation expectations
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Inflation expectations for the year-end increased slightly last month, while those for the next 12 months declined, the Turkish central bank said on Thursday in minutes of last we...
Jul 02, 2020
Dubai’s Emirates NBD to raise $750 million in perpetual bonds: document
DUBAI (Reuters) - Emirates NBD , Dubai's largest bank, is set to raise $750 million with perpetual bonds non-callable for six years, a document showed. The bank is offering investors a 6.125% yield fo...
Jul 02, 2020
EU sues Austria, Belgium, Netherlands for not fully implementing anti-money laundering rules
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Wednesday it is suing Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands because the three countries have not fully integrated EU rules on anti-money laundering ...
Jul 02, 2020
Motor racing: Hamilton says ‘silence’ criticism was not aimed at F1 rivals
By Alan Baldwin (Reuters) - Six times world champion Lewis Hamilton says he was not targeting Formula One rivals when he condemned the sport's silence on racial injustice and the lack of diversity. Ha...
Jul 02, 2020
Ex-officers in George Floyd case may seek venue change, raising questions of bias
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - The former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd will likely seek to relocate their trials in hopes of finding sympathetic jurors, but legal experts ...
Jul 02, 2020
Swiss pharma Helsinn and MEI Pharma abandon late-stage blood cancer trial
(Reuters) - Privately owned Swiss company Helsinn and U.S.-based MEI Pharma Inc on Thursday said they would discontinue an ongoing late-stage study testing a combination therapy in patients with a typ...
Jul 02, 2020
