Author Archives: Syndicated Content
ECB can’t go bankrupt even it suffers losses
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank could "neither go bankrupt nor run out of money" even if it were to suffer losses on the multi-trillion-euro pile of bonds it has bought under its stimu...
Nov 19, 2020
A group of villagers, a migrant boat and a deadly end in Senegal
By Edward McAllister MECKHE, Senegal (Reuters) - Seven neighbours from a village in western Senegal boarded a fishing boat crammed with migrants just after midnight on Oct. 26. Their destination: Euro...
Nov 19, 2020
Europe aims for cooperation with U.S. against pandemic under Biden: Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) - Europe hopes for a closer cooperation with the U.S. in tackling the coronavirus pandemic and the global distribution of a vaccine once U.S. President-elect Joe Biden takes office, G...
Nov 19, 2020
EU foreign ministers to discuss further measures against Belarus: Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) - European Union foreign ministers will discuss further sanctions against the Belarusian authorities at their meeting on Thursday, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said. "The Belaru...
Nov 19, 2020
COVID-19 crisis: a shot in the arm for Russian e-commerce
By Anna Rzhevkina and Alexander Marrow GDANSK/MOSCOW (Reuters) - The coronavirus crisis has helped fuel a surge in online shopping in Russia that has put even the remote icy expanse of Chukotka on the...
Nov 19, 2020
George Soros urges EU to stand up to Hungary and Poland on recovery fund
LONDON (Reuters) - Billionaire financier George Soros said the European Union must stand up to Hungary and Poland and cannot afford to compromise on the rule-of-law provisions it applies to the funds ...
Nov 19, 2020
UK will likely follow the U.S. in cutting Afghanistan troops, minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will likely follow the United States in reducing troop levels in Afghanistan but it will continue to work with its government and the U.S. to protect the country's security,...
Nov 19, 2020
Philippines’ Duterte agrees to pay for vaccines in advance to ensure supply
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who has previously criticised Western manufacturers for asking fees to reserve vaccines, has agreed to pay drugmakers in advance to secure mill...
Nov 19, 2020
Oxford’s COVID-19 vaccine trial results ‘definitely’ before Christmas: investigator
LONDON (Reuters) - Results of late-stage trials of University of Oxford's COVID-19 vaccine candidate should definitely be known by Christmas, the chief investigator on the study said on Thursday, addi...
Nov 19, 2020
Hungary to buy air defence missiles from Kongsberg and Raytheon: government
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary has agreed to buy NASAMS air defence systems from Norway's Kongsberg and U.S. company Raytheon, the Hungarian government said in a statement on Thursday. It said Hungary w...
Nov 19, 2020
