Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Singapore, India chide Indian opposition leader for fanning COVID scare
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The Singapore and Indian governments berated a senior Indian opposition politician on Wednesday for fanning a coronavirus scare between their countries, saying his comments were ...
May 19, 2021
Court hearing begins in Orcel CEO job offer dispute with Santander
By Emma Pinedo MADRID (Reuters) - A hearing pitting Andrea Orcel against Santander over the withdrawal of an offer to make him chief executive kicked off on Wednesday with the Spanish bank's chairman ...
May 19, 2021
Property bubbles, corporate debt among Europe’s top risks: ECB
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - High debt levels and a property bubble are among Europe's biggest economic vulnerabilities, weighing on its recovery from a pandemic-induced recession, the European Central Bank ...
May 19, 2021
Indonesian faces jail for Tiktok clip denigrating Palestine
JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesian janitor is facing a maximum six years in prison for violating a cyber law after he posted a video on social media platform Tiktok allegedly calling for the "slaughter...
May 19, 2021
Vaccinated PGA Tour players no longer have to wear masks
The PGA Tour loosened its mask-wearing policy on Tuesday, according to GolfChannel.com. The report indicated that beginning next week vaccinated players will no longer be required to wear masks indoor...
May 19, 2021
EU to present to WTO plan to boost vaccine production
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will propose to the World Trade Organization a plan it believes will help boost production of COVID-19 vaccines and to make them more widely and fairly availabl...
May 19, 2021
Explainer: What Beijing’s new crackdown means for crypto in China
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese regulators have tightened restrictions that ban financial institutions and payment companies from providing services related to cryptocurrency, marking a fresh crackdown o...
May 19, 2021
Indian variant’s transmissibility edge might be smaller than feared, UK expert says
LONDON (Reuters) - The transmissibility advantage of the B.1.617.2 variant first identified in India might be a little lower than first feared, a leading British epidemiologist said on Wednesday, but ...
May 19, 2021
Lebanon’s foreign minister asks to quit after comments strained Gulf ties
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's foreign minister asked the president to be relieved of his duties on Wednesday, the presidency said, after his comments in a television interview strained ties with tradit...
May 19, 2021
Parisians tuck into coffee and croissants again as cafes re-open
By Yiming Woo and Manuel Ausloos PARIS (Reuters) - For Parisian Elie Ayache the world was a little closer to normal on Wednesday after the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic: he was back at his favou...
May 19, 2021
