Category Archives: Syndicated
For virus-tamer Merkel, global alliances trumped nationalism
By Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) - Travelling in convoy through the Chinese city of Wuhan last September, Angela Merkel called a halt. As her party crossed a bridge over the Yangtze river, the German...
Jun 10, 2020
EU clears loan for Portugal’s TAP, Finnair capital increase
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Wednesday it had approved Portugal's plan for a rescue loan for Transportes Aereos Portugueses (TAP) and a partial state recapitalisation of Finnai...
Jun 10, 2020
China says clinical trials show African swine fever vaccine safe so far
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese vaccine against African swine fever appears to be safe in clinical trials now underway, the official Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday, a step closer to preventing one...
Jun 10, 2020
South Korea acts to stop defectors sending aid, messages to North Korea
By Sangmi Cha and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - A day after North Korea suspended communication hotlines with South Korea over defectors who send propaganda and contraband into the North, South Korea s...
Jun 10, 2020
Futures steady as investors await Fed’s economic outlook
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and Dow futures ticked lower on Wednesday as investors stayed on the sidelines ahead of the Federal Reserve meeting that could shed further light on the central ...
Jun 10, 2020
Israel’s Bezeq to convert pay phones into defibrillator stations
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's main phone company said on Wednesday it would collaborate with the country's ambulance service in replacing thousands of public phone booths with defibrillator stations....
Jun 10, 2020
Carmakers must overhaul production plans to hit climate goals: report
LONDON (Reuters) - The world's 14 biggest carmakers are on course to miss globally agreed climate targets, a leading sustainable finance think tank said on Wednesday, urging investors to do more to pr...
Jun 10, 2020
China punishes microblog platform Weibo for interfering with communication
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's internet regulator on Wednesday ordered the Sina Weibo social media platform to disable some of its features for a week, rare punishment for what it said was interference...
Jun 10, 2020
Faster than machines, jobless Palestinian graduates bring in Gaza’s crops
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Covering the ground five times faster than a tractor for subsistence wages, 40 Palestinian graduates have teamed to pick crops in Gaza, after failing to launch th...
Jun 10, 2020
Exclusive: Europe to accelerate trials of gene-engineered COVID-19 vaccines – sources
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European officials aim to speed up trials for coronavirus vaccines containing genetically modified organisms, two EU sources told Reuters, in a move that co...
Jun 10, 2020
