Category Archives: Syndicated
Masks to be mandatory in enclosed public spaces in next weeks, says Macron
PARIS (Reuters) - Wearing masks will be compulsory in all enclosed public spaces in the next weeks in France, where there are signs that COVID-19 is returning somewhat, French President Emmanuel Macro...
Jul 14, 2020
Catalan authorities order home confinement in Lleida after court rejection
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spain's Catalonia approved a resolution on Tuesday to place the residents of the city of Lleida and seven nearby towns under home confinement to stem a surge in coronavirus infec...
Jul 14, 2020
Wells Fargo swings to loss on higher provisions to cover soured loans
(Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co swung to a loss in the second quarter after setting aside $9.5 billion to cover potential loan losses due to the coronavirus pandemic, the bank said on Tuesday. The lender...
Jul 14, 2020
India’s Bharti Airtel, Verizon tie up on video-conferencing tool
By Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Bharti Airtel Ltd is partnering with Verizon Communications Inc's BlueJeans to launch a business-focused video conferencing tool, the Indian wireless carrier...
Jul 14, 2020
UK to ban Huawei from 5G network
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government will ban Huawei from Britain's 5G network by ordering telecoms companies to remove its equipment by 2027, Media Secretary Oliver Dowden sai...
Jul 14, 2020
Death toll rises in border clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia
BAKU/YEREVAN (Reuters) - Seven Azeri soldiers and a civilian, and two Armenian servicemen were killed on Tuesday in the third day of border clashes between countries that fought a war in the 1990s ove...
Jul 14, 2020
India’s Flipkart raises $1.2 billion in Walmart-led funding
BENGALURU (Reuters) - U.S. retail giant Walmart will lead a $1.2 billion investment in its Indian e-commerce unit Flipkart, giving it a valuation of $24.9 billion, Flipkart said on Tuesday. The invest...
Jul 14, 2020
Shock and ale: electric fence keeps drinkers back from the bar in English pub
By Tom Nicholson St JUST, England (Reuters) - Man walks into a bar, and into an electric fence. It's not a joke, but rather the novel measure taken by one Cornish pub to enforce distance rules to stop...
Jul 14, 2020
China’s Wanda Film warn a loss
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's largest cinema chain operator Wanda Film said on Tuesday it expects to report a net loss of 1.5 to 1.6 billion yuan (214 to 228 million dollars) in the first half of this y...
Jul 14, 2020
Chinese university sacks professor who criticised President Xi, friends say
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Beijing law professor who has been an outspoken critic of China's President Xi Jinping and the ruling Communist Party was fired by his university after being released from a near...
Jul 14, 2020
