Category Archives: Syndicated
U.N. calls meeting to boost pandemic support for developing countries
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.N. officials said they will meet on Thursday with over a dozen world leaders to discuss shoring up financial support for emerging economies, hit hard by the p...
May 26, 2020
Zambian president pardons gay couple jailed for 15 years
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia's president has pardoned a gay couple sentenced to 15 years in prison in November under colonial-era sodomy laws in a case that caused a diplomatic row with the United States...
May 26, 2020
Lilly, Junshi Biosciences to start human trials of COVID-19 antibodies
(Reuters) - Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co Ltd said on Tuesday it planned to start clinical studies to test its experimental COVID-19 antibodies, developed with partner Eli Lilly and Co, by the second...
May 26, 2020
ECB can deviate from countries’ bond-buying quotas as needed
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank can deviate from each euro zone country's quota to the extent needed when it buys government bonds under its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme, the ...
May 26, 2020
Markets too optimistic about coronavirus recovery: Deutsche Bank CEO
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank chief executive Christian Sewing said on Tuesday that markets were too optimistic in their assessment of a recovery from the coronavirus crisis. It's a bearish stat...
May 26, 2020
Wall Street set to surge at open on recovery, vaccine hopes
By Medha Singh and Uday Sampath Kumar (Reuters) - Wall Street was set to surge at the open, with the S&P 500 poised to breach a major technical barrier on Tuesday as business restarts and optimism abo...
May 26, 2020
‘Finally free’ – homebound Filipinos cheer end to quarantine ordeal
MANILA (Reuters) - Hundreds of repatriated Filipino workers made their way to bus and airport terminals on Tuesday to return to families, the first among around 24,000 nationals stuck for weeks in the...
May 26, 2020
Steelcase recalls furloughed workers globally, eases pay restrictions
(Reuters) - Steelcase Inc said on Tuesday that it recalled most of its manufacturing employees globally who were furloughed due to restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
May 26, 2020
New Indian roads, air strips sparked border standoff with China, India observers say
By Sanjeev Miglani and Fayaz Bukhari NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR (Reuters) - A Himalayan border standoff between old foes India and China was triggered by India's construction of roads and air strips in the re...
May 26, 2020
Shipping plan would reel international emissions into EU carbon market
By Kate Abnett (Reuters) - The European Union's carbon market could capture a large chunk of emissions from outside Europe if the bloc succeeds in including shipping in the scheme, according to the Eu...
May 26, 2020
