Category Archives: Syndicated
China says will stick with U.S. trade deal, but respond to ‘bullying’
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Thursday it will stick to the Phase 1 trade deal it reached with the United States earlier this year but warned that it will respond to "bullying" tactics from Washin...
Jul 16, 2020
China raises annual rare earth mining quota to record high in 2020
By Min Zhang and Tom Daly BEIJING (Reuters) - China raised its mining quota for rare earth minerals by 6.1% in 2020 to a record annual high, the natural resources ministry said, in the effort to ramp ...
Jul 16, 2020
Proportion of COVID-19 contacts reached by English tracing scheme steadies
LONDON (Reuters) - The proportion of the contacts of positive COVID-19 cases reached by England's test and trace system was broadly steady in its fifth week of operation, figures from the health minis...
Jul 16, 2020
Croatian president nominates incumbent Plenkovic as PM-designate
ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia's President Zoran Milanovic nominated the centre-right Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party leader Andrej Plenkovic as prime minister-designate on Thursday, following a Jul...
Jul 16, 2020
Air France-KLM group receives approval to add more flights to China: French embassy
BEIJING (Reuters) - Air France-KLM Group has received approval to add a second flight from Paris to Shanghai and a new flight from Amsterdam to Shanghai starting next week, the French embassy in Beiji...
Jul 16, 2020
India coronavirus cases near one million, driven by surge in rural areas
By Zeba Siddiqui MUMBAI (Reuters) - The number of coronavirus cases in India neared one million on Thursday as infection numbers rose in the countryside, pushing authorities to reinstate lockdowns acr...
Jul 16, 2020
Malta marks a week without new coronavirus cases
VALLETTA (Reuters) - Malta marked a week without new coronavirus cases on Thursday, the first since the virus was detected there for the first time on March 7. Health Minister Chris Fearne confirmed i...
Jul 16, 2020
Communication collapse: Inside Facebook’s tussle with Brazil’s central bank
By Carolina Mandl and Marcela Ayres SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Allowing millions of Brazilian users of Facebook's WhatsApp to send money as easily as texts seemed a golden opportunity for the worl...
Jul 16, 2020
Amid national debate on race, Fed’s Bostic sees central bank role on inequality
By Howard Schneider (Reuters) - A rising stock market alongside 11% unemployment has put the U.S. Federal Reserve in a quandary amid the national debate over racial and economic fairness: Is it helpin...
Jul 16, 2020
UK intelligence committee to publish Russia report before summer holiday
LONDON (Reuters) - The British parliament's intelligence and security committee unanimously agreed on Thursday it would publish the report on Russian influence in politics before the chamber rises for...
Jul 16, 2020
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