Category Archives: Syndicated
French health minister: Worst of epidemic is behind us but virus not dead
PARIS (Reuters) - The worst part of the coronavirus epidemic is behind France, but people must remain vigilant as the virus continues to circulate, Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Monday. "The l...
Jun 15, 2020
Australia seeks to engage China on future of actor on death row
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia is seeking to engage China on the future of Karm Gilespie, an Australian man sentenced to death for drug trafficking, amid escalating tensions between the countries, Prime...
Jun 15, 2020
Charging points surge ahead of electric car boom
By Christoph Steitz FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The number of publicly accessible charging points for electric vehicles (EV) jumped 60% in 2019, the biggest increase in three years and outpacing sales of ba...
Jun 15, 2020
H&M’s March-May sales tumble by less than expected 50%
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - H&M , the world's second-biggest fashion retailer, on Monday reported a sharp but slightly smaller than expected drop in second-quarter sales as measures to slow the COVID-19 pan...
Jun 15, 2020
Dutch Tata Steel employees hold further strike actions
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch Tata Steel employees held further strike actions on Monday to protest against job cuts planned as part of a broader restructuring, the FNV union said. A strike by workers o...
Jun 15, 2020
Sweden’s Sinch to buy India’s ACL Mobile for $70 million
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Fast-growing Swedish cloud computing services provider Sinch AB said on Monday it had agreed to buy Indian firm ACL Mobile for about $70 million (INR 5,350 million) in cash, its ...
Jun 15, 2020
Intesa, BPER revise terms aiming to avert antitrust hurdles to UBI deal
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo has increased the number of branches and amount of assets it will sell to rival BPER if its proposed takeover of UBI Banca goes through in an effort to o...
Jun 15, 2020
UK lawmakers urge Sunak to add 1 million workers to income schemes
LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak must extend the government's already huge coronavirus income support measures to include over 1 million more workers who have missed out, lawmak...
Jun 15, 2020
On this day: Born June 16, 1970: Phil Mickelson, golfer
By Steve Keating (Reuters) - Throughout a good part of his career Phil Mickelson was the best golfer never to win a major but as "Lefty" turns 50 he has become golf's nearly man. As in nearly won the ...
Jun 15, 2020
Germany set to pay 42% more into EU budget in coming years: report
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany would see its contribution to the European Union's budget rise by 42%, or 13 billion euros ($14.63 billion) annually, over the coming years, based on proposals from Brussels...
Jun 15, 2020
