Category Archives: Syndicated
Slovenia to open borders for Italians, Montenegrins on June 15
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Slovenia will open its borders for citizens of Montenegro and neighbouring Italy on June 15, the government said in a statement on Friday. It also said it will from Saturday intr...
Jun 12, 2020
Botswana reinstates strict coronavirus lockdown in capital city
GABORONE (Reuters) - Botswana brought back a strict coronavirus lockdown in its capital city, Gaborone, and surrounding areas after the southern African country recorded 12 new cases of the virus, a s...
Jun 12, 2020
Zoom hits political turbulence in Washington, Beijing; lobbyists ready
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Zoom Video Communications, whose remote meeting app made the obscure California company a hub for global communications during the coronavirus pandemic, now finds...
Jun 12, 2020
AT&T seeks sale for Warner Bros. gaming unit, could fetch about $4 billion: CNBC
(Reuters) - AT&T Inc is discussing a sale of its Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment gaming division in a deal that could fetch about $4 billion, CNBC reported on Friday, citing people familiar wit...
Jun 12, 2020
Knight Vinke urges Alpiq investors to block squeezeout, threatens lawsuit
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Activist investment firm Knight Vinke Asset Management on Friday appealed to investors in Swiss energy company Alpiq to block a planned squeezeout transaction...
Jun 12, 2020
Brazil drops police from human rights report amid global protests against racism and abuse
By Eduardo Simes and Stephen Eisenhammer SO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil has excluded complaints of police violence from an annual human rights report, sparking allegations on Friday of a cover-up amid gl...
Jun 12, 2020
Kentucky to remove statue of Confederate leader Jefferson Davis from Capitol
By Peter Szekely (Reuters) - Kentucky on Friday agreed to remove a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis from its State Capitol building, the latest action in a renewed drive to take down su...
Jun 12, 2020
As Brazil’s COVID-19 deaths surge, WHO says hospital system coping
GENEVA/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's COVID-19 death toll is on track to overtake Britain on Friday to become the second highest in the world with over 40,000 dead, but the World Health Organization sa...
Jun 12, 2020
Speculators’ bearish bets on U.S. dollar rise: CFTC, Reuters data
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Speculators' net bearish bets on the U.S. dollar grew in the latest week, according to calculations by Reuters and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on Frida...
Jun 12, 2020
Commerzbank rejects Cerberus demands for supervisory board seats
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Commerzbank , under fire for its strategy and leadership, on Friday rejected demands by top investor Cerberus for two seats on the German bank's supervisory board. Earlier this w...
Jun 12, 2020
