Author Archives: Syndicated Content
From iPhones to e-axles: how one tech firm is pushing into electric vehicles
By Norihiko Shirouzu (Reuters) - The miniature motors that make iPhones buzz on silent helped power Japan's Nidec to become a 1.5-trillion-yen ($14 billion) company. In recent years, Nidec's founder S...
Oct 14, 2020
German health minister expects no shortages of flu vaccine
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has ordered additional 6 million doses of flu vaccines to avoid any shortages and enable as many people as possible to get a jab to reduce the risk of simultaneous influenza...
Oct 14, 2020
Australia says it’s deeply concerned about writer in China espionage trial
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia said on Wednesday it was deeply concerned that Australian writer Yang Hengjun was on trial in China charged with espionage, adding his treatment fell sho...
Oct 14, 2020
China’s third quarter GDP growth expected to improve: PBOC official
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's third-quarter GDP growth is expected to improve from the previous quarter, Ruan Jianhong, an official with the People's Bank of China (PBOC), told a press conference on Wed...
Oct 14, 2020
Moscow doesn’t see prospects for extending New START nuclear pact with Washington
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow does not see prospects for extending the new START arms control treaty with Washington, but plans to continue talks nonetheless, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said o...
Oct 14, 2020
EU-UK trade deal difficult but still possible, source says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - An EU-UK trade deal is difficult but still possible to achieve if the two sides negotiate intensively in the coming weeks, said a person close to the talks. U.K. negotiator David ...
Oct 14, 2020
Northern Ireland to shut restaurants and suspend school in strictest UK lockdown
BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Ireland is to impose the strictest COVID-19 restrictions seen in the United Kingdom since early summer, closing schools for two weeks and shuttering restaurants for four, ...
Oct 14, 2020
Battered UK travel industry calls for testing, more support
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's travel industry called on the government for an airport testing regime and more tailored support as it published figures showing how the pandemic has sapped demand for the...
Oct 14, 2020
Afghan defence minister flies to embattled Helmand after Taliban gains
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghanistan's defence minister flew to the southern province of Helmand on Wednesday a day after government forces launched a counter-offensive against Taliban ins...
Oct 14, 2020
Russia will respond in kind against EU sanctions over Navalny case, foreign minister says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow will respond in kind against European Union sanctions over the case of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday. European Union...
Oct 14, 2020
