Category Archives: Syndicated
Abu Dhabi’s Etihad to operate second flight to Israel carrying Palestinian aid
DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways is to operate a rare, second flight to Israel on Wednesday carrying medical aid to be delivered to the Palestinians, an airline spokeswoman said....
Jun 09, 2020
South African solar start-up SunExchange raises $3 million
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African blockchain-based renewable energy start-up SunExchange has raised $3 million from a company backed by one of the country's richest businessmen, the firm said on ...
Jun 09, 2020
Georgia Democrats vote on Senate challenger as five U.S. states hold primaries
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Georgia Democrats will try to pick their challenger to Republican Senator David Perdue on Tuesday when voters in five U.S. states choose candidates for the Whi...
Jun 09, 2020
EU’s Vestager wants power to investigate foreign aided bids for European companies
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Foreign state-backed or state-owned companies seeking to acquire European companies may be investigated to see if they are benefiting from unfair subsidies, EU antitrust chief Mar...
Jun 09, 2020
Vitol’s former CEO Ian Taylor dies after cancer battle: sources
LONDON (Reuters) - Vitol's former chief executive and chairman Ian Taylor has died at the age of 64 from cancer, according to an internal memo and four sources familiar the matter. Taylor joined Vitol...
Jun 09, 2020
Robot built for Japan’s aging workforce finds coronavirus role
TOKYO (Reuters) - Mira Robotics developed its "ugo" robot to reinforce greying Japan's shrinking workforce, but as the coronavirus threat persists, the Japanese startup is offering its machine as a to...
Jun 09, 2020
Detained Belarusian blogger could be sentenced to three years in prison
MINSK (Reuters) - A detained Belarusian blogger who helped lead protests against President Alexander Lukashenko has been charged with disrupting public order and attacking a policeman and could be sen...
Jun 09, 2020
Balearic Islands to launch airlift for German tourists on June 15
MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish Balearic Islands plan to fly in thousands of German tourists from June 15, two weeks before the country as a whole starts reopening borders that have been closed since m...
Jun 09, 2020
Jehovah’s Witness jailed in Russia for extremism, lawyer says
By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced a Jehovah's Witness to six and a half years in prison after finding him guilty of organising the activities of a banned extr...
Jun 09, 2020
U.N. expert reports widespread food shortages, ‘starving’ in North Korea
GENEVA (Reuters) - A United Nations human rights expert voiced alarm on Tuesday at what he called "widespread food shortages and malnutrition" in North Korea, which have been exacerbated by a nearly f...
Jun 09, 2020
