Author Archives: Syndicated Content
PM Johnson vows support for UK Jewish community after rise in anti-Semitic incidents
LONDON (Reuters) -Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday the government would support Britain's Jewish community in any way it could after a spike in anti-Semitic incidents, including an attac...
May 19, 2021
EU leaders to urge UK to respect rights of travelling citizens
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union leaders will urge Britain to respect the rights of their citizens, according to a draft of the statement they will agree at a summit next week, a reference to concer...
May 19, 2021
Singapore Airlines posts record $3.2 billion annual loss, to issue convertible bonds
By Jamie Freed (Reuters) -Singapore Airlines Ltd on Wednesday posted its second-consecutive annual loss, which widened to a record S$4.27 billion ($3.20 billion), and said it would issue S$6.2 billion...
May 19, 2021
Let customers choose where to clear euro derivatives, banks tell EU
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - It should be for clients to decide where they clear euro derivatives, though customers are ready to move business from London to Frankfurt if forced to by the European ...
May 19, 2021
UK PM Johnson acknowledges his “huge debt” to nurses
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson acknowledged on Wednesday his "own huge debt" to nurses working in the health service after he was asked about a nurse who tended to him last ye...
May 19, 2021
Switzerland eases EU medical tech import rules to avoid shortages
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland said on Wednesday it will ease the import of medical technology products from the European Union in an effort to avoid shortages of essential supplies during a treaty ro...
May 19, 2021
Catalan separatist parties agree to renew governing coalition
By Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) -Two separatist parties in Catalonia agreed to renew their coalition, one of them said on Wednesday, paving the way for a new pro-independence government in the northe...
May 19, 2021
Nord Stream 2 sanctions waivers could aid Russia-U.S. ties, Moscow says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian officials on Wednesday said Moscow's fraught ties with Washington could benefit from the waiving of U.S. sanctions on the company in charge of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, af...
May 19, 2021
BlackRock raises SoftBank stake to 5.2%
TOKYO (Reuters) - BlackRock Inc has hiked its stake in Japan's SoftBank Group Corp to 5.2%, a filing showed on Wednesday. Japanese rules require disclosure of stakes in excess of 5%. BlackRock, the wo...
May 19, 2021
Singapore warns U.S. embassy over webinar with LGBT group
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Socially-conservative Singapore on Wednesday said it "noted with regret" that the U.S. embassy in the city-state had co-hosted a webinar with a local LGBT support group earlier t...
May 19, 2021
