Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China foreign minister to visit South Korea amid hopes for Xi trip, North Korea talks
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - China's foreign minister will visit Seoul next week for meetings with officials there, South Korea's foreign ministry said on Friday, amid efforts to resume bilateral...
Nov 20, 2020
Hungary PM Orban says EU recovery plan deal will be reached
By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Talks over the European Union's recovery funds and budget should continue and there will be an agreement in the end, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told s...
Nov 20, 2020
UK borrowing undershoots expectations, retail sales bounce
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government borrowed 22.3 billion pounds ($29.6 billion) in October, well below economists' forecasts for the month though borrowing so far this financial...
Nov 20, 2020
British finance minister says public finances need to be made sustainable after COVID
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's public finances need to be put on a sustainable path over time, finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Friday, adding that unprecedented support for the economy through the ...
Nov 20, 2020
In Burkina Faso, voters left voiceless amid escalating violence
By Edward McAllister and Henry Wilkins OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Djeneba Sawadogo was making a cake when she heard a noise she did not recognise - a series of sharp cracks that rang across the village o...
Nov 20, 2020
Astanor raises $325 million fund to invest in agri-food tech startups
BERLIN (Reuters) - Astanor Ventures, a backer of German vertical farmer InFarm and French insect breeder Ynsect, said on Friday it had raised a $325 million fund to invest in sustainable food, agricul...
Nov 20, 2020
Russia jails man for 13 years for trying to pass secrets to CIA: Russian news agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Friday sentenced a man to 13 years in prison for trying to pass on secret information about Russia's Northern Fleet to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, Russian news a...
Nov 20, 2020
Patriarch of Serbian Orthodox Church dies due to coronavirus
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Patriarch Irinej, the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, has died due to coronavirus, the country's President Aleksandar Vucic said on his official Instagram account on Friday. ...
Nov 20, 2020
Ukraine reports record daily coronavirus infections
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine registered a record of 14,575 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, health minister Maksym Stepanov said on Friday, surpassing the previous day's record of 13,357. ...
Nov 20, 2020
COVID deals blow to Saudi Arabia’s G20 summit ambitions
By Marwa Rashad and Raya Jalabi RIYADH/BEIRUT (Reuters) - When Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter and a leading U.S. ally, took over the G20 presidency in December 2019, hopes in the kingdom w...
Nov 20, 2020
