Category Archives: Syndicated
Chinese gay dating app BlueCity focused on Asia after IPO
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's biggest gay dating app's owner BlueCity is focused on expanding in Asia, its founder said on Wednesday after it made its Nasdaq debut despite a U.S. securities regulator wa...
Jul 08, 2020
Chinese regulator names illegal margin lenders to tame market frenzy
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's securities regulator published a list of 258 illegal margin lending platforms and their operators on Wednesday to try to tame a bull run on the country's stock markets. S...
Jul 08, 2020
Study shows ancient contact between Polynesian and South American peoples
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New genetic research shows that there was mingling between ancient native peoples from Polynesia and South America, revealing a single episode of interbreeding ro...
Jul 08, 2020
Seven killed in oil platform ladder installation blast in southern Nigeria – NNPC
LAGOS (Reuters) - An explosion at the Gbetiokun oil field in southern Nigeria's Niger Delta region during the installation of a ladder on a platform killed seven people, the state oil company said on ...
Jul 08, 2020
Dutch court to question ING and ex-CEO Hamers in money laundering case
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch court on Wednesday said it wanted to question the Dutch bank ING and its former chief executive Ralph Hamers, now heading for UBS, to determine whether to reopen a case t...
Jul 08, 2020
El Salvador murder rate plummets; study says gangs may have informal pact with government
By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Homicides in El Salvador fell over 50% in President Nayib Bukele's first year in office, with officials citing tougher enforcement, while a study on Wednesd...
Jul 08, 2020
Pompeo says China took incredibly aggressive action in recent clash with India
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday accused China of taking "incredibly aggressive action" in a recent confrontation with India over a disputed section of the nucle...
Jul 08, 2020
EU scrambles to buy intensive care drugs to tackle COVID shortages
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is seeking firms to supply 24 intensive care drugs, an EU official told Reuters, as it strives to tackle shortages of medicines for COVID...
Jul 08, 2020
Still much work needed for EU recovery fund deal, Michel says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Council President Charles Michel said on Wednesday that the EU needs to reach an agreement quickly on its plan for a multi-billion-euro recovery fund but much negotiation...
Jul 08, 2020
Ryder Cup postponed due to coronavirus
(Reuters) - This year's Ryder Cup, which was scheduled to be held in late September in Wisconsin, has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organisers said on Wednesday. The hotly-contested bie...
Jul 08, 2020
