Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Asian stocks rise as U.S. vote points to higher bar for regulation
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian shares jumped on Thursday as investors cheered U.S. election results that pointed to a government less likely to impose tough financial regulations, while sterling fell on r...
Nov 04, 2020
Trump campaign files lawsuit in Georgia seeking to pause vote count
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's reelection campaign has filed a lawsuit in Georgia seeking to pause the state's count for the presidential election, the Associated Press reported ...
Nov 04, 2020
Ex-rebel calls on Ivory Coast army to mutiny, join opposition
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - An influential ex-rebel leader told Ivory Coast's army to mutiny on Wednesday and back a rival breakaway government in the wake of a contested presidential election that the opposi...
Nov 04, 2020
North Korea prohibits smoking in public spaces: state media
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly on Wednesday introduced smoking bans in some public places to provide citizens with "hygienic living environments," state media KCNA reported ...
Nov 04, 2020
Australia signs two more COVID-19 vaccine deals
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia signed two deals on Thursday to buy 40 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Novavax and 10 million from Pfizer and BioNTech as the country's virus hot spot reported zer...
Nov 04, 2020
Londoners hit the town one last time before new lockdown
LONDON (Reuters) - Londoners shrugged off a resurgent COVID-19 pandemic and flocked to pubs and restaurants on Wednesday night, hours before the introduction of a new month-long lockdown across Englan...
Nov 04, 2020
Threat of crackdown on U.S. insurers fades as political ‘Blue Wave’ sputters
By Suzanne Barlyn and Alwyn Scott NEW YORK (Reuters) - Insurers appear to have dodged a revival of strict regulations and policy upheavals after an anticipated Democratic "Blue Wave," which would have...
Nov 04, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 231,988 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported 9,357,245 cases of the novel coronavirus, an increase of 88,427 cases from its previous count, and said that...
Nov 04, 2020
Kosovo war crimes suspect Krasniqi transferred to The Hague
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Former Kosovo Liberation Army spokesman turned speaker-of-parliament Jakup Krasniqi was arrested and transferred to The Hague on Wednesday, the Kosovo war crimes tribunal said in...
Nov 04, 2020
Aeromexico seeks approval to fire 1,830 workers, eyeing $44 million in annual savings
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican airline Aeromexico has requested permission from U.S. bankruptcy court to dismiss 1,830 employees in a cost-saving measure to weather the economic shocks of the coronav...
Nov 04, 2020
