Category Archives: Syndicated
Socially distant geisha struggle to survive in coronavirus shadow
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - - Ikuko, the "big sister" of Tokyo's Akasaka geisha district, came to the capital to seek her fortune in 1964, the year Tokyo first hosted the Olympics. But the novel ...
Jul 16, 2020
EU top court rejects EU-U.S. data transfer tool, backs another tool
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - Europe's top court on Thursday rejected a key EU tool used to transfer Europeans' personal data across the Atlantic for commercial use but upheld the validity of another tool us...
Jul 16, 2020
Floods ravage eastern India as coronavirus infections surge
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - Monsoon floods have swamped large parts of India's densely populated eastern states, forcing more than a million people into makeshift shelters despite the risk of coronavi...
Jul 16, 2020
China says UK ban on Huawei ‘severely’ damages investment confidence
BEIJING (Reuters) - Britain's "discriminatory" ban on Huawei has severely damaged China's investment confidence in the country, China's commerce ministry said on Thursday, adding it will take necessar...
Jul 16, 2020
Shelling between Azerbaijan and Armenia smashes brief ceasefire
BAKU/YEREVAN (Reuters) - Azerbaijan and Armenia accused each other of shelling military positions and villages on Thursday, breaking a day of ceasefire in border clashes between the two former Soviet ...
Jul 16, 2020
Ladbrokes owner GVC’s long-time CEO Kenneth Alexander to step down
(Reuters) - Ladbrokes and bwin owner GVC Holdings announced the departure of Chief Executive Officer Kenny Alexander on Thursday, after 13 years at the helm, during which he built the company into one...
Jul 16, 2020
Russia’s coronavirus case tally passes 750,000
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's official coronavirus case tally reached 752,797 on Thursday, the fourth largest in the world, after authorities reported 6,428 new cases in the last 24 hours. In their dail...
Jul 16, 2020
Bulgarian government intends to carry out its full term – coalition partner
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's government intends to stay in power for its full four-year term until next spring despite anti-government protests and a vote of no-confidence planned for next week, one o...
Jul 16, 2020
European shares slip as U.S.-China tensions, poor earnings weigh
(Reuters) - European shares eased from one-month highs on Thursday, as growing friction in U.S.-China relations put a dampener on hopes of a swift global recovery, while investors waited to hear from ...
Jul 16, 2020
UK seeks to raise record £385 billion from debt markets
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday it would seek to raise 110 billion pounds ($138 billion) from the bond market between September and November, taking total gilt issuance i...
Jul 16, 2020
On Air Now
Sat Jul 25
Sheboygan, WI, USA
65°FWind/Dir: 12 MPH-SW
Humidity: 77%
