Category Archives: Syndicated
Russia detains ex-journalist, now aide to space agency chief, on treason charges
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian authorities on Tuesday detained a former journalist who works as an aide to the head of Russia's space agency and accused him of state treason, Roscosmos said, a charge that...
Jul 07, 2020
UK consumers remain cautious about returning to high streets
LONDON (Reuters) - The number of shoppers visiting retailers was down by nearly 50% last week compared with a year earlier and the amount of money spent in pubs and restaurants as they reopened last w...
Jul 07, 2020
UK COVID-19 death toll passes 55,000 including suspected cases: Reuters tally
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom's suspected COVID-19 death toll has hit 55,398, according to a Reuters tally of official data sources that underline the country's status as one of the worst hit ...
Jul 07, 2020
Toll rises from rain storms in China as student bus plunges into reservoir
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A bus carrying high school students plunged into a reservoir on in southwest China on Tuesday, as days of torrential rain triggered flood warnings across large parts of the countr...
Jul 07, 2020
UK government coronavirus lending rises to 45 billion pounds
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government has underwritten 45 billion pounds ($56 billion) of borrowing by businesses hit by the coronavirus and spent more than 27 billion pounds so far to support jobs,...
Jul 07, 2020
Bayer shares tumble after judge questions part of Roundup settlement
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Bayer shares dropped 6% on Tuesday after a U.S. judge questioned the German company's proposed settlement to deal with future claims relating to allegations that its widely-used ...
Jul 07, 2020
Euro zone set for deeper recession, less steep rebound: Commission
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The euro zone economy will drop deeper into recession this year and rebound less steeply in 2021 than previously thought, the European Commission forecast on ...
Jul 07, 2020
Companies seen slashing capex 12% this year, deeper than in 2009: data
By Patturaja Murugaboopathy BENGALURU (Reuters) - Big and mid-cap firms globally are expected to slash capital spending by an average 12% this year as they reel from the fallout of lockdowns and other...
Jul 07, 2020
ECB may ask banks to withhold dividends for longer
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is considering an extension to a recommendation that banks suspend dividends and share buybacks, and will soon provide an update, ECB bank supervisor Ke...
Jul 07, 2020
Germany agrees measures to make financing of exports easier
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Economy Ministry said on Tuesday the government has decided on a package of measures to make the financing of export business easier as it seeks to revive industry's prosp...
Jul 07, 2020
