Category Archives: Syndicated
EDF preparing cost-cutting plan worth up to three billion euros: sources
PARIS (Reuters) - French state-controlled utility EDF has started preparing a cost-cutting plan worth between 2 and 3 billion euros ($1.13 billion), two sources told Reuters, confirming a report by Fr...
Jul 06, 2020
With miniature mannequins, Dior unveils post-lockdown collection
PARIS (Reuters) - French couture house Christian Dior upended its traditional catwalk show on Monday, presenting its intricate designs on miniature mannequins in a twist brought on by the coronavirus ...
Jul 06, 2020
U.S. tops 130,000 deaths from COVID-19 after record surge in cases
By Lisa Shumaker and Doina Chiacu (Reuters) - The number of U.S. coronavirus deaths exceeded 130,000 on Monday, following a surge of new cases that has put President Donald Trump's handling of the cri...
Jul 06, 2020
Canada business sentiment ‘strongly negative’ as coronavirus pandemic, low oil prices weigh: Bank of Canada survey
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Business sentiment in Canada is "strongly negative" even as COVID-19 restrictions have eased, though roughly half of firms surveyed expect their sales to recover to pre-pandemic lev...
Jul 06, 2020
U.S. trade groups urge China to increase purchases of U.S. goods, services
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and over 40 trade associations on Monday urged top U.S. and Chinese officials to redouble efforts to implement a Phase 1 trade agreement signed by t...
Jul 06, 2020
Spain’s PM reasonably optimistic about Calvino getting Eurogroup job
MADRID/LISBON (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday he was "reasonably optimistic" that his Economy Minister Nadia Calvino will be elected as head of the Eurogroup by fellow ...
Jul 06, 2020
U.S. court orders Dakota Access oil pipeline to be shut, emptied
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Energy Transfer LP's 570,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Dakota Access oil pipeline must be shut down and emptied in 30 days, a U.S. district court ordered on Monday, dealing the biggest...
Jul 06, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court restricts ‘electors’ in presidential contests
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to free "electors" in the complex Electoral College system that decides the U.S. presidency from state laws that use penalties to f...
Jul 06, 2020
U.N. says attacks by Islamist militia in Congo may be war crimes
(Reuters) - Systematic and brutal attacks by Islamist militants in the Congo over the last 18 months may amount to war crimes, the United Nations said on Monday. The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a ...
Jul 06, 2020
Malawi’s Chakwera pledges graft clampdown in subdued inauguration amid virus
By Frank Phiri LILONGWE (Reuters) - Malawi's new President Lazarus Chakwera pledged to clamp down on corruption on Monday, as he delivered his inauguration speech in a scaled-down ceremony dampened by...
Jul 06, 2020
