Category Archives: Syndicated
Brazil posts $3 billion FX inflow in May, first surplus since July last year
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil posted a net foreign exchange inflow of $3.1 billion in May, central bank figures showed on Wednesday, its first net inflow since July last year. The figures showed a surpl...
Jun 03, 2020
UK business minister tested for COVID-19 after lawmakers return to parliament
LONDON (Reuters) - British business minister Alok Sharma has been tested for COVID-19 after feeling unwell in parliament on Wednesday, just a day after the government required hundreds of legislators ...
Jun 03, 2020
Iran says coronavirus restrictions could return if second wave hits
(Reuters) - Iran's president warned the public on Wednesday that restrictions may have to be reimposed to fight the coronavirus if the country is hit by a second wave of infections, after authorities ...
Jun 03, 2020
Trump emerged without side effects from two-week course of malaria drug, doctor says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump had no side effects from a two-week course of hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug that can cause heart problems that he used as a preventive measure a...
Jun 03, 2020
UK shop prices fall at fastest pace since at least 2006: BRC
LONDON (Reuters) - Prices in shops in Britain fell at the fastest pace since at least 2006 last month as retailers sought to find a way to win over shoppers hit by the coronavirus lockdown, an industr...
Jun 03, 2020
Thousands defy pandemic ban to join Stockholm protest over U.S. police violence
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Thousands of people joined a demonstration in central Stockholm on Wednesday to protest against racism in the wake of the death of George Floyd, a black man in Minneapolis, defyi...
Jun 03, 2020
Projected Brazil interest rate floor of 2.25% not ‘written in stone’
By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - A level of 2.25% for Brazil's benchmark Selic interest rate is not "written in stone," central bank economic policy director Fabio Kanczuk said on Wednesday, sug...
Jun 03, 2020
U.S. prosecutor says UAW takeover remains option after ex-president’s guilty plea
DETROIT (Reuters) - The U.S. attorney leading the investigation of corruption within the United Auto Workers (UAW) told Reuters on Wednesday following the guilty plea by the union's former president t...
Jun 03, 2020
Militia kills 16 villagers in Democratic Republic of Congo raid
BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Militia fighters killed 16 people in a raid on a village in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday, the latest in a spate of ethnic attac...
Jun 03, 2020
Malaria drug touted by Trump ineffective to prevent COVID-19 in high profile study
By Michael Erman (Reuters) - The malaria drug promoted by U.S. President Donald Trump as a treatment for COVID-19 was shown to be ineffective in preventing infection in people exposed to the coronavir...
Jun 03, 2020
