Category Archives: Syndicated
Ukraine moves to end ban on gambling to boost revenues
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's parliament passed a bill on Tuesday ending a decade-long ban on gambling in a move aimed at boosting budget revenues by almost $150 million a year. Ukraine's economy has bee...
Jul 14, 2020
AstraZeneca ties up with IQVIA to speed up studies of COVID-19 vaccine candidate
(Reuters) - Life sciences company IQVIA Holdings Inc said on Tuesday it would collaborate with AstraZeneca Plc to speed up clinical studies of the British drugmaker's potential COVID-19 vaccine in the...
Jul 14, 2020
No New Year pilgrimage to Ukraine for Israeli Jews this year
KYIV (Reuters) - Israeli Hasidic Jews will have to forego an annual pilgrimage to the central Ukrainian town of Uman this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, the town's mayor has said. Every Jew...
Jul 14, 2020
Movie gives Eric Garner’s family the trial they never got
By Alicia Powell NEW YORK (Reuters) - Art is giving Eric Garner's family the trial the U.S. justice system never provided them. "American Trial: The Eric Garner Story" depicts the trial that did not h...
Jul 14, 2020
Malian accused of Timbuktu war crimes refuses to enter plea
By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) - A Malian Islamist rebel accused of being central to the "persecution" of residents of Timbuktu and the destruction of the city's holy grounds refused to...
Jul 14, 2020
Yemen starts forced transfers of Ethiopian migrants, IOM says
GENEVA (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of migrants, mostly Ethiopians, are stranded in Yemen and at least 14,500 have been rounded up and forcibly transferred internally amid fears migrants contribute t...
Jul 14, 2020
Philippines to use police in house-to-house searches for COVID-19 cases
By Karen Lema and Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine authorities and police will carry out house-to-house searches for COVID-19 patients to prevent wider transmission, a minister said o...
Jul 14, 2020
Virgin Atlantic agrees private-only $1.5 billion restructuring plan
LONDON (Reuters) - British airline Virgin Atlantic said on Tuesday it had agreed a private-only restructuring package with shareholders and creditors worth 1.2 billion pounds ($1.5 billion) to secure ...
Jul 14, 2020
Oat milk maker Oatly raises $200 million from Oprah, Howard Schultz, among others
(Reuters) - Plant-based milk maker Oatly said on Tuesday it raised a $200 million equity investment from a group led by Blackstone Group Inc that includes celebrities Oprah Winfrey, Natalie Portman an...
Jul 14, 2020
U.S. says it executes Daniel Lee, first federal execution in 17 years
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. federal government on Tuesday carried out its first execution in 17 years, putting to death convicted murderer Daniel Lee after the Supreme Court cleared the way overnigh...
Jul 14, 2020
