Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EasyJet suspends some voting rights to meet post-Brexit rules
LONDON (Reuters) - EasyJet has begun moves to suspend the voting rights of some non-EU shareholders to comply with post-Brexit airline ownership rules, the UK airline said on Monday. European Union ru...
Jan 04, 2021
South Korean-flagged tanker seized by Iran, media reports
LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) -A South Korean-flagged tanker has been seized by Iran, Iranian media said on Monday. Iranian media said the vessel had been seized by the country's elite Revolutionary Guards n...
Jan 04, 2021
BOJ buys smallest amount of ETFs in five years, pointing to more flexibility
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan bought the smallest amount of exchange-traded funds (ETF) in five years on Monday even as shares took a hit from expectations of stricter COVID-19 control measures,...
Jan 04, 2021
UK PM Johnson says: we’ll have to take tougher COVID-19 measures – Sky
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would have to take tougher measures to control the spread of the novel coronavirus, Sky News reported. Johnson said there were "tough, t...
Jan 04, 2021
UK judge rules WikiLeaks’ Assange should not be extradited to United States
LONDON (Reuters) - A British judge ruled on Monday that WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange should not be extradited to the United States to face charges of breaking a spying law and conspiring to hack ...
Jan 04, 2021
Trump, Biden to rally in Georgia ahead of high-stakes Senate races
By Andy Sullivan (Reuters) - President Donald Trump travels to Georgia on Monday in a bid to keep the U.S. Senate in the hands of his Republican Party, after his efforts to overturn his own defeat in ...
Jan 04, 2021
Parents worry as crowded Kenyan schools reopen after coronavirus shutdown
By Thomas Mukoya NAIROBI (Reuters) - Hundreds of children formed an orderly queue that snaked through Nairobi's biggest slum Kibera on Monday, waiting to enter classrooms for the first time since Marc...
Jan 04, 2021
Germany set to extend lockdown until Jan. 31 – Bild
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government and the 16 federal states have agreed to extend the lockdown until Jan. 31 to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, Bild reported on Monday without givi...
Jan 04, 2021
Factories bounce back from COVID-19 hit, tighter controls cloud outlook
By Jonathan Cable and Leika Kihara LONDON/TOKYO (Reuters) - Manufacturers across Europe ended 2020 on a high while Asian factory activity expanded moderately thanks to robust demand in regional giant ...
Jan 04, 2021
Iran says it resumes 20% uranium enrichment at Fordow site – Mehr
DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran has resumed 20% uranium enrichment at its underground Fordow nuclear facility, the government spokesman told the semi-official Mehr news agency on Monday, a level of purity that ...
Jan 04, 2021
