Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Alpine skiing: Vonn urges athletes to be mindful of wellbeing amid unprecedented challenges
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) - Winter Olympic athletes are facing enormous challenges ahead of the 2022 Beijing Games, former Olympic Alpine skiing downhill champion Lindsey Vonn told Reuters, as the COVI...
Oct 14, 2020
Pandemic accelerates need to consider digital currency: Bank of Canada
By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating the public's use of online services and that means the Bank of Canada must move more quickly to research how a central bank dig...
Oct 14, 2020
France reports more than 9,100 hospitalisations for first time since June 25
PARIS (Reuters) - French health authorities reported on Wednesday that the number of people being treated in hospital for COVID-19 went above the 9,100 threshold for the first time since June 25, cont...
Oct 14, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 215,194 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported 7.8 million cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 47,459 from its previous count, and said the number...
Oct 14, 2020
ECB policymakers set out wish list for strategic rethink
By Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Five European Central Bank policymakers, including President Christine Lagarde, floated proposals on Wednesday for changing how the ECB goes about the busines...
Oct 14, 2020
France declares public health state of emergency over COVID-19
By Benoit Van Overstraeten and Christian Lowe PARIS (Reuters) - The French government on Wednesday declared a public health state of emergency, giving officials greater powers to impose new measures t...
Oct 14, 2020
IMF ready to help Lebanon but needs partner in government: Georgieva
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund is "ready and very willing" to work with Lebanon to solve its financial problems and restructure its debt, but needs a partner in the Lebanese go...
Oct 14, 2020
Saudi finance minister says Vision 2030 ‘tried and tested’
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's finance minister said on Wednesday that the kingdom's Vision 2030 to diversify the economy away from oil has been "tried and tested", particularly during the coronavir...
Oct 14, 2020
U.S. court agrees to expedite government TikTok app store ban appeal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday agreed to fast-track a Justice Department appeal of a ruling blocking the government from banning new TikTok downloads from U.S. app stores. U....
Oct 14, 2020
BoE’s Haldane confident that UK recovery will persist
LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane said he was hopeful that Britain's economic recovery from the initial impact of coronavirus would persist, despite risks on the horizon,...
Oct 14, 2020
