Category Archives: Syndicated
Greta Thunberg demands ‘crisis’ response to climate change
By Matthew Green LONDON (Reuters) - Swedish activist Greta Thunberg urged European leaders on Thursday to take emergency action on climate change, saying people in power had practically "given up" on ...
Jul 16, 2020
Exclusive: Nissan plans 30% cut in output to December as virus hits demand – sources
By Naomi Tajitsu and Maki Shiraki TOKYO (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co is planning a 30% year-on-year cut in global vehicle production through December as falling demand due to the coronavirus complicate...
Jul 16, 2020
Italy bans entry from Serbia, Kosovo and Montenegro due to COVID-19, statement says
ROME (Reuters) - Italy on Thursday banned people coming from Serbia, Kosovo and Montenegro from entering its territory to prevent the importation of COVID-19 cases from the outside. "Anyone who has be...
Jul 16, 2020
EU pushes for deal on mass economic stimulus though gaps remain
By Gabriela Baczynska and Robin Emmott WARSAW/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU countries nudged towards an agreement on a mass stimulus scheme to kickstart economies hammered by the coronavirus but disagreemen...
Jul 16, 2020
China says will stick with U.S. trade deal, but respond to ‘bullying’
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Thursday it will stick to the Phase 1 trade deal it reached with the United States earlier this year but warned that it will respond to "bullying" tactics from Washin...
Jul 16, 2020
China raises annual rare earth mining quota to record high in 2020
By Min Zhang and Tom Daly BEIJING (Reuters) - China raised its mining quota for rare earth minerals by 6.1% in 2020 to a record annual high, the natural resources ministry said, in the effort to ramp ...
Jul 16, 2020
Proportion of COVID-19 contacts reached by English tracing scheme steadies
LONDON (Reuters) - The proportion of the contacts of positive COVID-19 cases reached by England's test and trace system was broadly steady in its fifth week of operation, figures from the health minis...
Jul 16, 2020
Croatian president nominates incumbent Plenkovic as PM-designate
ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia's President Zoran Milanovic nominated the centre-right Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party leader Andrej Plenkovic as prime minister-designate on Thursday, following a Jul...
Jul 16, 2020
Air France-KLM group receives approval to add more flights to China: French embassy
BEIJING (Reuters) - Air France-KLM Group has received approval to add a second flight from Paris to Shanghai and a new flight from Amsterdam to Shanghai starting next week, the French embassy in Beiji...
Jul 16, 2020
India coronavirus cases near one million, driven by surge in rural areas
By Zeba Siddiqui MUMBAI (Reuters) - The number of coronavirus cases in India neared one million on Thursday as infection numbers rose in the countryside, pushing authorities to reinstate lockdowns acr...
Jul 16, 2020
