Category Archives: Syndicated
Canada adds 952,900 jobs in June as firms reopen from COVID-19 closures
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada added some 952,900 jobs in June, mostly in the service sector, Statistics Canada said on Friday. The jobless rate improved to 12.3%. Employment in the goods producing sector ...
Jul 10, 2020
Australia approves Gilead’s remdesivir for COVID-19 treatment
(Reuters) - Australia has granted provisional approval to Gilead Sciences Inc's remdesivir as the first treatment option for COVID-19 in the country, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) said on...
Jul 10, 2020
Brazil’s June inflation 0.26% from previous month, government says
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian inflation as measured by the IPCA consumer price index stood at 0.26% in June over May, according to government statistics agency IBGE on Friday. In the 12 months to Ju...
Jul 10, 2020
Russian court places regional governor in pre-trial detention on murder charges
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Friday ordered that a regional governor who beat a ruling party candidate in a 2018 election be held in pre-trial detention, charged with organising the murder of...
Jul 10, 2020
British finance proposes repackaging state-backed coronavirus loans
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's financial sector is proposing the repackaging of some 35 billion pounds ($44 billion) of state-backed coronavirus corporate relief loans to ensure taxpayers d...
Jul 10, 2020
Greece to ask for negative COVID-19 test at border with Bulgaria, from July 14
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece will allow in visitors through its land border crossing with Bulgaria only if they show a negative COVID-19 test, the country's government spokesman said on Friday. The lates...
Jul 10, 2020
Hundreds gather for funeral of Palestinian shot by Israeli troops
SALFIT, West Bank (Reuters) - Hundreds of people gathered in the occupied West Bank on Friday for the funeral of a Palestinian man shot by Israeli soldiers a day earlier. Israel's army said troops ope...
Jul 10, 2020
Italy’s May industrial output rebounds more than expected after COVID lockdown
By Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) - Industrial output in Italy rebounded much more strongly than expected in May after collapsing in the previous two months due to a coronavirus lockdown, data showed on F...
Jul 10, 2020
Making masks compulsory everywhere bad for tourism, Balearic lobby group says
By Inti Landauro and Clara-Laeila Laudette MADRID (Reuters) - Making face masks mandatory everywhere is likely to chase off tourists when Spain badly needs them, the Balearic Islands' business associa...
Jul 10, 2020
Germany’s Scholz: EU will reach compromise on budget, recovery fund
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz on Friday voiced optimism that EU member states will reach a compromise on the bloc's long-term budget and economic recovery fund after European ...
Jul 10, 2020
