Category Archives: Syndicated
Eurogroup elects Ireland’s Donohoe as its new chair
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Eurogroup of euro zone finance ministers has elected Ireland's Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe as its new chair, an EU source said on Thursday. He will take over from the out...
Jul 09, 2020
Italy asks Atlantia for new proposals to settle motorway row by weekend: government source
ROME (Reuters) - Italy remains unsatisfied with Atlantia's proposals to settle a dispute over its motorway concession and has given the company until the weekend to come up with something better to av...
Jul 09, 2020
Veteran female leaders to head WHO COVID-19 review amid anti-globalism barbs
By John Miller ZURICH (Reuters) - Avowed multilateralists Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Helen Clark will lead a World Health Organization (WHO) panel scrutinising the global response to the COVID-19 pande...
Jul 09, 2020
Syria condemned by chemical weapons body for use of sarin, chlorine
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The executive branch of the world's chemical weapons watchdog on Thursday condemned the use of banned sarin and chlorine bombs by Syria's air force, but stopped short of taking d...
Jul 09, 2020
Ivory Coast’s Ouattara pressed to seek third term after PM’s death, sources say
By Ange Aboa ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Leaders from Ivory Coast's ruling party agreed at a closed-door meeting late Wednesday to press President Alassane Ouattara to seek a third term in October's election ...
Jul 09, 2020
Nashville SC removed from ‘MLS Is Back Tournament’ after positive tests
By Steve Keating (Reuters) - Nashville SC became the second club to be removed from the "MLS Is Back Tournament" after nine players tested positive for COVID-19, Major League Soccer said on Thursday. ...
Jul 09, 2020
We need a recovery fund, but with reforms, Dutch PM says
BERLIN (Reuters) - Europe needs a recovery fund, but it is important the fund comes coupled with structural reforms, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Thursday ahead of a meeting with German Cha...
Jul 09, 2020
Luxembourg finance minister Gramegna withdraws from Eurogroup chair race: sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Luxembourg finance minister Pierre Gramegna has withdrawn from a race for the Eurogroup chair after a first round of votes, three European sources told Reuters. Spain's Nadia Calv...
Jul 09, 2020
Russia fails again at U.N. ahead of last-ditch vote on Syria cross-border aid
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - Russia on Thursday failed in a second U.N. Security Council bid to cut aid access to Syria from Turkey, diplomats said, and the council will now vote on a last...
Jul 09, 2020
Countries agree to help seafarers marooned at sea due to coronavirus
LONDON (Reuters) - A dozen countries including the United States, Britain and Singapore agreed on Thursday to speed up efforts to get hundreds of thousands of stranded merchant sailors home after they...
Jul 09, 2020
