Category Archives: Syndicated
ECB could tailor policy to fight climate change, Schnabel says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank needs to take a role in fighting climate change and could tailor its monetary policy operations accordingly, board member Isabel Schnabel said on Friday...
Jul 17, 2020
Ukraine to stage exercises to coincide with Russian manoeuvres
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Friday it would conduct military exercises, which it hoped NATO partners would join, as an answer to planned Russian exercises in the Caucasus, and an insurance agains...
Jul 17, 2020
Hong Kong reports 50 locally transmitted coronavirus cases
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong authorities reported 50 locally transmitted coronavirus cases on Friday, stoking further concern about an escalating third wave of infections in the global financial hu...
Jul 17, 2020
Philippine health ministry reports 17 coronavirus deaths, 1,841 more cases
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines on Friday recorded 17 new coronavirus deaths and 1,841 additional infections, with the capital Manila still accounting for the bulk of newly confirmed cases and casu...
Jul 17, 2020
NATO has stopped health crisis becoming a security crisis: Stoltenberg
LONDON (Reuters) - NATO has had to adjust but has been able to function during the COVID-19 pandemic to make sure the health crisis does not become a security crisis, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenber...
Jul 17, 2020
Dutch still demand that EU recovery fund be tied to reforms: PM Rutte
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Friday said he was "not optimistic" that agreement would be reached between the EU's 27 member states over a coronavirus recovery fund. "I'm not...
Jul 17, 2020
Ethiopian maids ‘dumped’ in the streets in Lebanon as COVID hits
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopian mother Alemtsehay Nasir went to Lebanon dreaming that her maid's job would let her earn money to make a better life for her young son. But she was fired when the COVI...
Jul 17, 2020
Deep discord as EU leaders meet for tough spending talks: Merkel
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders face very tough talks over a proposed budget and recovery plan to lift the bloc from an economic crisis sparked by the coronavirus pandemic, German Chancell...
Jul 17, 2020
ECB survey points to shallower recession, stronger rebound
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The euro zone economy may contract less this year than the European Central Bank had forecast and its recovery could also be quicker, the bank's Survey of Professional Forecaster...
Jul 17, 2020
Hong Kong demands Taiwan officials sign ‘one China’ document for visa renewal: source
By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan officials in Hong Kong have been told their visas will not be renewed if they don't sign a document supporting Beijing's claim to Taiwan under its "one China" po...
Jul 17, 2020
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