Category Archives: Syndicated
U.S. weekly jobless claims stay elevated; labor market improvement stalling
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Weakening demand and a resurgence in new COVID-19 cases are keeping new U.S. applications for unemployment benefits extraordinarily high, suggesting the labor ...
Jul 09, 2020
RT, taken off air by Baltic broadcasters, says has ‘no connection’ to Kremlin media boss
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Russian broadcaster RT has said it has no ties to EU-sanctioned Russian media executive Dmitry Kiselyov after EU member states Latvia and Lithuania took RT off the air, citing the ...
Jul 09, 2020
Far-right and far-left crime rise in Germany in 2019
By Markus Wacket BERLIN (Reuters) - Criminal offences inspired by both far-right and far-left ideas rose in Germany in 2019, an annual domestic intelligence report released by the interior ministry sh...
Jul 09, 2020
Greek researchers say close to launching own, cheaper COVID-19 test
By Lefteris Papadimas ATHENS (Reuters) - Researchers in Greece say they are close to launching a molecular test to detect COVID-19 which could provide a cheaper alternative to imported kits and uninte...
Jul 09, 2020
Focus on saving jobs not pension reform, French unions tell new PM
PARIS (Reuters) - Trade unions told France's new Prime Minister Jean Castex that he should focus on rescuing the French economy from deep recession and saving jobs rather than re-opening negotiations ...
Jul 09, 2020
Malaysia’s AirAsia seeks nearly $500 million in funding: report
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's AirAsia Group Bhd is looking to raise 2 billion ringgit ($469 million), its CEO was quoted as saying by the Nikkei Asian Review on Thursday, a day after its auditor...
Jul 09, 2020
Moderna signs contract for filling potential COVID-19 vaccine vials by Spain’s Rovi
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc said on Thursday it has signed an agreement with Spain's Laboratorios Farmacuticos Rovi SA to provide vial filling and packaging capacity for its potential COVID-19 vaccine to ...
Jul 09, 2020
A space odyssey: Britain rockets into unknown with OneWeb
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - Britain is betting that satellite operator OneWeb will help it boldly go into a post-Brexit era. But it faces formidable challenges to complete a working constellation ...
Jul 09, 2020
U.N. rights investigator calls on Saudi Arabia to free women activists
GENEVA (Reuters) - An investigator for the U.N. Human Rights Council urged member states on Thursday to pressure Saudi Arabia to free women activists before a G20 nations summit which Riyadh will be h...
Jul 09, 2020
Ukraine to restore Agriculture Ministry, president says
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine, global major food producer and exporter, will restore its Agriculture Ministry until September, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday. Ukraine liquidated a separate ...
Jul 09, 2020
