Category Archives: Syndicated
Pentagon tells Congress: Russian bounty intelligence not corroborated
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Intelligence suggesting Russia paid bounties to the Taliban has not been corroborated and there is no evidence that any payments led to deaths of service members, the Pentagon's...
Jul 09, 2020
Italy bans entry from 13 countries due to coronavirus fears
ROME (Reuters) - Italy on Thursday banned entry to people coming from 13 countries that it said presented an excessive rate of COVID-19 infections. The list compiled by the health ministry comprises A...
Jul 09, 2020
Canadian COVID-19 training exemption sparks pushback from pilots
By Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) - Canada's decision to allow some pilot training normally performed in simulators to be conducted in the air because of coronavirus is facing opposition from pilo...
Jul 09, 2020
Egypt’s annual headline inflation rises to 5.6% in June: CAPMAS
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's annual urban consumer price inflation increased to 5.6% in June from 4.7% in May, state statistics agency CAPMAS said on Thursday. Month-on-month headline inflation stood at ...
Jul 09, 2020
Trump continues to see hydroxychloroquine as promising against COVID-19: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump continues to see a malaria drug, hydroxychloroquine, as a promising drug to be used to prevent infection with the coronavirus, the White House said o...
Jul 09, 2020
Market stress could return, UK finance industry warns BoE
LONDON (Reuters) - Stress in financial markets could yet make a comeback, Britain's finance industry warned the Bank of England last month, with Brexit and global political risks auguring for a diffic...
Jul 09, 2020
Prosecutor raids on Bulgarian president’s offices draw public anger
SOFIA (Reuters) - Prosecutors raided the offices of two of Bulgarian President Rumen Radev's staff on Thursday as part of investigations, prompting thousands to take to the streets of Sofia later in p...
Jul 09, 2020
‘Fortnite’ creator Epic Games gets $250 million investment from Sony
(Reuters) - Epic Games, the creator of the popular video game "Fortnite", said on Thursday it had received a $250 million investment from Japan's Sony Corp for a minority stake in the company. Last mo...
Jul 09, 2020
Ireland’s virus contagion ‘R’ number inches up to one
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's COVID-19 reproduction number, which measures the number of people who become infected from each positive case, has increased in the past week and is now around 1, a senior...
Jul 09, 2020
Ireland’s ‘Prudent Paschal’ takes Eurogroup chair
By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish finance minister Paschal Donohoe brings a reputation for fiscal caution to his new role as president of the Eurogroup of euro zone finance ministers, having ...
Jul 09, 2020
