Category Archives: Syndicated
Russian court places regional governor in pre-trial detention on murder charges
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Friday ordered that a regional governor who beat a ruling party candidate in a 2018 election be held in pre-trial detention, charged with organising the murder of...
Jul 10, 2020
British finance proposes repackaging state-backed coronavirus loans
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's financial sector is proposing the repackaging of some 35 billion pounds ($44 billion) of state-backed coronavirus corporate relief loans to ensure taxpayers d...
Jul 10, 2020
Greece to ask for negative COVID-19 test at border with Bulgaria, from July 14
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece will allow in visitors through its land border crossing with Bulgaria only if they show a negative COVID-19 test, the country's government spokesman said on Friday. The lates...
Jul 10, 2020
Hundreds gather for funeral of Palestinian shot by Israeli troops
SALFIT, West Bank (Reuters) - Hundreds of people gathered in the occupied West Bank on Friday for the funeral of a Palestinian man shot by Israeli soldiers a day earlier. Israel's army said troops ope...
Jul 10, 2020
Italy’s May industrial output rebounds more than expected after COVID lockdown
By Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) - Industrial output in Italy rebounded much more strongly than expected in May after collapsing in the previous two months due to a coronavirus lockdown, data showed on F...
Jul 10, 2020
Making masks compulsory everywhere bad for tourism, Balearic lobby group says
By Inti Landauro and Clara-Laeila Laudette MADRID (Reuters) - Making face masks mandatory everywhere is likely to chase off tourists when Spain badly needs them, the Balearic Islands' business associa...
Jul 10, 2020
Germany’s Scholz: EU will reach compromise on budget, recovery fund
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz on Friday voiced optimism that EU member states will reach a compromise on the bloc's long-term budget and economic recovery fund after European ...
Jul 10, 2020
Moldova hopes to obtain new IMF loan in September
CHISINAU (Reuters) - Moldova hopes to secure a new loan deal with the International Monetary Fund this September and then receive the first $100 million tranche of the loan, Moldovan President Igor Do...
Jul 10, 2020
Early reopening turns Brazil’s capital into COVID-19 hot spot
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - When an 80-year-old woman collapsed last week in the streets of the Brazilian capital's poorest and most populous suburb, she was rushed to hospital and put on a...
Jul 10, 2020
Pfizer, BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine expected to be ready for approval by year end: WSJ
(Reuters) - BioNTech SE and Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine candidate is expected to be ready to seek regulatory approval by the end of 2020, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing the Germa...
Jul 10, 2020
