Category Archives: Syndicated
Tech firms sweeten deals for U.S. banks cutting costs in crisis
By Anirban Sen BENGALURU (Reuters) - Top technology services firms are offering payment deferrals, discounts of up to 20% and other sweeteners to some U.S. banks to keep their business as the pandemic...
May 18, 2020
Special Report: ‘Death Sentence’ – the hidden coronavirus toll in U.S. jails and prisons
By Peter Eisler, Linda So, Ned Parker and Brad Heath (Reuters) - When COVID-19 began tearing through Detroit's county jail system in March, authorities had no diagnostic tests to gauge its spread. But...
May 18, 2020
Tata Steel Dutch workers groups blast plans for job cuts
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch labour unions and the works council of Tata Steel in the Netherlands on Monday disclosed that the chairman of the subsidiary has been dismissed and vowed to fight against 1...
May 18, 2020
Hong Kong’s veteran pro-democracy activists defiant as they hear charges in court
By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - Some of the 15 pro-democracy activists arrested in police raids in Hong Kong showed defiance on Monday as they appeared in court to hear charges ...
May 18, 2020
Yukos shareholders seize Russian vodka assets in the Netherlands
By Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Shareholders in the now defunct Russian oil giant Yukos have seized Netherlands-based assets of two well-known vodka brands controlled by the Russian state in ...
May 18, 2020
Acropolis sparkles in the sun as Greek tourist spots reopen
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece reopened the Acropolis, museums and other major tourist attractions as the coronavirus lockdown eased in bright sunshine in Athens on Monday. Quarantine restrictions are grad...
May 18, 2020
Swiss president opens WHO assembly with praise for chief
GENEVA (Reuters) - Switzerland's President opened the World Health Organization's annual assembly in Geneva on Monday, pledging her country's "full support and cooperation" to its leader as it coordin...
May 18, 2020
#IndonesiaWhatever: Indonesians vent online over virus response
By Agustinus Beo Da Costa and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - A flood of criticism of the Indonesian government's response to the coronavirus pandemic and the behaviour of many Indonesians has ap...
May 18, 2020
Thyssenkrupp steel workers open to consolidation talks – labor boss
DUESSELDORF/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Thyssenkrupp's powerful labor representatives are open to consolidation talks in the steel sector, a leading union official told Reuters on Monday. "It is clear that ...
May 18, 2020
Taliban blast near Afghan intelligence base kills seven, injures 40
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Taliban fighters detonated a car bomb on Monday near an Afghan intelligence agency installation in the central province of Ghazni, killing at least seven people and wou...
May 18, 2020
