Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russia’s Putin says 13% poverty level is too high
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said a recent increase in Russia's poverty level to more than 13% was too high, but said that should fall to 6.5% by 2030. (Reporting by...
Dec 17, 2020
Euro zone inflation confirmed as negative in Nov for fourth month
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone annual inflation was negative for a fourth consecutive month in November, matching a four-year low, as energy prices were around 8% lower than a year earlier. Inflation ...
Dec 17, 2020
‘The fear is intense’: Afghan ‘sticky bombs’, used by Taliban, on the rise
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi and Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) - Killings by small, magnetic bombs slapped under vehicles are unnerving Afghan officials, activists and journalists, who blame the Taliban for ...
Dec 17, 2020
UK going the ‘extra mile’ in Brexit trade talks – Gove says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is going the extra mile to get a Brexit trade deal but Prime Minister Boris Johnson will only give consent to a deal that is in the best interests of the country, Chancellor...
Dec 17, 2020
Putin says he will receive Russian-made vaccine against COVID-19 when possible
MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he had yet to be inoculated with a Russian-made vaccine against COVID-19 but would do so when possible. The Russian leader has gone to great...
Dec 17, 2020
German fintech N26 eyes more fundraising before IPO in 2023 -CEO
By Nadine Schimroszik BERLIN (Reuters) - German fintech N26, valued at $3.6 billion in its May fundraising, is targeting breaking even on an operating level by end-2021 and is eying at least one more ...
Dec 17, 2020
Women’s mass grave sheds light on female victims of Spanish Civil War
By Juan Medina FARASDUES, Spain (Reuters) - Archaeologists in northeastern Spain have uncovered the mass grave of 10 women killed by a fascist firing squad in the early days of the Spanish Civil War, ...
Dec 17, 2020
France’s Macron has tested positive for COVID-19 – Presidency
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for COVID-19, the French Presidency said on Thursday. "The President of the Republic has been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 tod...
Dec 17, 2020
Austria reports record number of new COVID-19 deaths – APA
(Reuters) - Austria reported a record number of 218 daily COVID-19 deaths on Thursday, news agency APA reported. (Reporting by Thomas Seythal in Berlin; Editing by Maria Sheahan)
Dec 17, 2020
Thailand relaxes travel curbs for tourists from over 50 countries
By Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Thursday eased travel restrictions for citizens from 56 countries in a bid to boost the country's pandemic-hit tourism industry, though visitors...
Dec 17, 2020
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