Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Doctor’s self-funded test lab leads way in Somalia’s COVID fight
By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Having scraped money together following medical studies abroad, Somali doctor Abdullahi Sheikdon Dini opened Mogadishu's first advanced diagnostic laboratory in Ja...
Nov 05, 2020
How billionaire Jack Ma fell to earth and took Ant’s mega IPO with him
By Keith Zhai, Julie Zhu and Cheng Leng SINGAPORE/HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - They say talk is cheap. Tell that to Jack Ma. Corporate China's shiniest star was just days away from seeing his Ant Gro...
Nov 05, 2020
VW CEO says Biden victory would better suit carmaker’s strategy
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen Chief Executive Herbert Diess on Thursday said a victory by Democrat Joe Biden in the U.S. presidential race would better suit the German carmaker's efforts to mass pr...
Nov 05, 2020
Indian court sends news anchor Goswami to jail in abetment to suicide case
By Abhirup Roy and Shilpa Jamkhandikar MUMBAI (Reuters) - A court sent the lead anchor of India's fiercely nationalist and popular Republic television network to jail for 14 days for allegedly abettin...
Nov 05, 2020
EU edges towards agreement on multi-year budget
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union edged towards finalising its next 1.8 trillion euro ($2.12 trillion) budget and COVID recovery package on Thursday after an agreement that countries breaching r...
Nov 05, 2020
For some Ant investors, outrage that regulatory risks weren’t flagged better
By Scott Murdoch and Kane Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Some professional investors who bought Ant Group stock in its $37 billion IPO are fuming that regulatory risks were not better flagged, especially gi...
Nov 05, 2020
Israel razes most of Palestinian Bedouin village in West Bank on U.S. election day
By Ali Sawafta JORDAN VALLEY, West Bank (Reuters) - Israel has demolished most of a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank, displacing 73 Palestinians - including 41 children - in the largest such ...
Nov 05, 2020
Bird flu confirmed on farm in northern German state: ministry
BERLIN (Reuters) - Bird flu of the type H5N8 has been found on a poultry farm in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, the state's agriculture ministry said on Thursday, after it has alread...
Nov 05, 2020
Greece orders nationwide lockdown to curb COVID surge
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece ordered a nationwide lockdown on Thursday for three weeks to help contain a resurgence of COVID-19 cases. "I've chosen to take drastic measures sooner rather than later," Pri...
Nov 05, 2020
Malaysia reports 1,009 new coronavirus cases, six deaths
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's health ministry reported 1,009 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, taking the total to 36,433 infections. The Southeast Asian country also recorded six new fatalitie...
Nov 05, 2020
