Category Archives: Syndicated
BNP Paribas plays long-game to be Europe’s banking winner from COVID crisis
By Maya Nikolaeva and Gwnalle Barzic PARIS (Reuters) - When the COVID-19 crisis struck Europe, companies turned to one bank more than any other to arrange emergency loans: BNP Paribas . The French len...
Jul 20, 2020
Democracy activist Joshua Wong launches bid for Hong Kong legislature
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Prominent Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong applied on Monday to run for a seat in the Chinese-ruled city's legislature, raising the prospect of a battle with authorities ...
Jul 20, 2020
Huawei Italy executive says TIM decision not political: newspaper
MILAN (Reuters) - Huawei Technologies will continue working with Telecom Italia despite being shut out of a recent tender to supply new generation 5G technology, the chairman of the group's Italian un...
Jul 20, 2020
Ebay nears deal to sell classified-ads unit to Norway’s Adventia: WSJ
(Reuters) - EBay Inc is in advanced talks to sell its classified-ads unit to Norwegian group Adevinta as the online auction pioneer seeks to refocus on its core marketplace business, the Wall Street J...
Jul 20, 2020
Chinese artist holds his tongue in protest of pandemic censorship
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - To protest censorship during the COVID-19 outbreak, a Chinese artist known as Brother Nut kept his mouth shut for 30 days, using metal clasps, gloves, duct tape and other items. I...
Jul 20, 2020
North Korea’s Kim fires officials for extortion linked to hospital project
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's leader has sacked officials building a hospital after they pressed the public for contributions, media reported on Monday, the second rebuke linked to t...
Jul 20, 2020
Thai cenbank says could be several years before tourist numbers normalise
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's central bank chief said on Monday it would take several years for foreign tourist numbers to return to the 40 million a year level, with the coronavirus pandemic hitting...
Jul 20, 2020
Malaysia losing up to 25% of palm oil yield due to labour crunch: MPOA
By Mei Mei Chu KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia is losing up to 25% of its potential palm oil yield due to a labour shortage that is expected to worsen in the coming months, the Malaysian Palm Oil As...
Jul 20, 2020
Britain signs deals with Pfizer, BioNTech, Valneva for COVID-19 vaccines
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has signed deals to secure 90 million doses of two possible COVID-19 vaccines from the Pfizer Inc and BioNTech alliance and French group Valneva, the business ministry said ...
Jul 20, 2020
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: EU leaders "mission ompossible" EU leaders stood at an impasse on Monday after three days of haggling over a plan to revive ec...
Jul 20, 2020
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