Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Turkey’s ruling AK Party proposes raising corporate tax to 25% in 2021
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AK Party submitted a draft law to parliament on Friday that proposes raising corporate tax in Turkey to 25% this year from 20% now and then to 23...
Apr 02, 2021
Bulgarian PM woos rural voters with infrastructure in tough re-election bid
By Tsvetelia Tsolova ST. PETKA, Bulgaria (Reuters) - Nestled on the slopes of the Rhodope mountains, the remote Bulgarian village of St. Petka briefly found itself at the centre of campaigning for Sun...
Apr 02, 2021
New Niger president Bazoum says he will improve education, security
By Boureima Balima NIAMEY (Reuters) - Mohamed Bazoum said he would make education and security a priority as he took over as president of Niger on Friday, inheriting a state racked by political tensio...
Apr 02, 2021
Lufthansa to resume flights from Frankfurt to Tehran this month
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German airline Lufthansa said on Friday that it would resume flights from Frankfurt to Tehran from April 16. Lufthansa had suspended flights in January 2020 after a Ukranian airl...
Apr 02, 2021
Russian doctors complete open-heart surgery as tsarist-era hospital burns
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian doctors stayed behind in a burning, tsarist-era hospital in the country's Far East on Friday to complete open-heart surgery after a fire broke out on the roof while they wer...
Apr 02, 2021
German envoy says private firms to present Beirut port rebuilding plan
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The German ambassador to Beirut said on Friday that several private companies would present a comprehensive proposal next week to develop Beirut port and nearby areas destroyed in l...
Apr 02, 2021
Russia’s Sputnik news agency halts operations in Britain: media group
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian news agency Sputnik will halt operations in Britain and move its English language service to Moscow and Washington, the media group that launched it in 2014 said on Friday, ...
Apr 02, 2021
Tesla first-quarter deliveries beat estimates
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc on Friday beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter deliveries, as solid demand offset the impact from a global shortage of chips. The electric-car maker delivered 184,800 veh...
Apr 02, 2021
Vietnam asks for foreign support in procuring COVID-19 vaccines
By Phuong Nguyen HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam has appealed to diplomats from the United States, European Union and Japan to help it secure supplies of COVID-19 vaccines, as part of efforts to acquire the...
Apr 02, 2021
EU urges China to ensure freedom of speech after BBC journalist leaves country
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union on Friday called on China to ensure freedom of speech and the press after a British Broadcasting Corporation journalist in China relocated to Ta...
Apr 02, 2021
