Category Archives: Syndicated
Fire at factory in northwest Iran: ILNA
(Reuters) - A fire broke out at a cellophane factory in northwest Iran on Sunday, the ILNA news agency reported, posting video of thick black smoke rising from the site. The fire was in the town of Sh...
Jul 19, 2020
Catalonia urges thousands of people to stay home as coronavirus cases rise
MADRID (Reuters) - Authorities in Catalonia on Sunday urged more than 96,000 people in three towns to stay at home, as coronavirus cases continued to rise in one of Spain's worst-hit regions. This is ...
Jul 19, 2020
Syria goes to the polls as new sanctions hit war-ravaged economy
DAMASCUS/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria held a parliamentary election on Sunday, gripped by a collapsing economy and new U.S. sanctions after President Bashar al-Assad clawed back control of most of the cou...
Jul 19, 2020
Turkey has suspended flights to Iran amid coronavirus outbreak: Iran aviation official
(Reuters) - Turkey has suspended flights to Iran amid a coronavirus outbreak in the Islamic Republic, a spokesman for Iran's Civil Aviation Organization, Reza Jafarzadeh, said on Sunday, according to ...
Jul 19, 2020
Face-masked fans attend first day of sumo in five months
TOKYO (Reuters) - Face-masked sumo fans sitting apart from each other cheered on their favourite wrestlers in person for the first time in five months on Sunday, as the delayed July Tournament got und...
Jul 19, 2020
Hungary’s Orban: ‘the Dutchman’ is responsible for EU summit disarray
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Sunday that Dutch leader Mark Rutte was responsible for the deadlock at a European Union summit, where leaders were se...
Jul 19, 2020
Hong Kong national security laws shouldn’t harm banks’ operations, regulator says
By Scott Murdoch HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's capital markets regulator sought on Sunday to reassure global banks in the city that China's new national security laws for the financial hub would n...
Jul 19, 2020
Exclusive: Kuwait scrambles to boost coffers with up to $16 billion debt plan
By Ahmed Hagagy KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait plans to issue between 4 billion and 5 billion dinars ($13 billion to $16 billion) in public debt by the end of the fiscal year ending March 2021 if parliamen...
Jul 19, 2020
Nigerian banks to limit debit card spending abroad to ease FX risk
By Chijioke Ohuocha ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian banks plan to reduce the amount customers can spend abroad using debit cards on Monday, two lenders said, as banks try to limit foreign currency settleme...
Jul 19, 2020
Oman Investment Authority restructures boards of 15 companies
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Oman Investment Authority has restructured the boards of 15 companies overseen by it as part of a comprehensive review of state-owned companies, the state news agency said on Sun...
Jul 19, 2020
