Author Archives: Syndicated Content
As Pompeo visits ex-Soviet Georgia, thousands protest over election results
By Margarita Antidze TBILISI (Reuters) - Thousands of Georgians unhappy over the way a recent parliamentary election was held took to the streets of the capital Tbilisi on Wednesday as U.S. Secretary ...
Nov 18, 2020
Global daily coronavirus deaths cross record of 10,733 single-day deaths – Reuters tally
By Kavya B and Anurag Maan (Reuters) - The number of reported global daily deaths from the coronavirus stood at 10,816 on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, the highest single-day death count as t...
Nov 18, 2020
Bitcoin breaks $18,000 as rally powers on
LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin on Wednesday broke through $18,000 to hit a new year-to-date peak as its blistering 2020 rally powered on. It was last up 3% at $18,175, its highest since Dec. 2017. (Report...
Nov 18, 2020
Rate cut bets melt as vaccines boost economy hopes
By Saikat Chatterjee LONDON (Reuters) - Expectations of interest rate cuts in some of the world's biggest economies have melted within the space of a month on hopes a successful coronavirus vaccine wi...
Nov 18, 2020
Volkswagen welcomes German government’s scheme to support low-emission cars
HAMBURG/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen on Wednesday said the German government's 3 billion euro ($3.57 billion) scheme to support low-emission cars sent a strong signal Berlin would help lift the co...
Nov 18, 2020
Taiwan to shut down China-friendly tycoon’s news channel
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan refused on Wednesday to renew the license of a news channel widely seen as pro-China, effectively shutting it down, citing evidence of interference from a Beijing-friendly ty...
Nov 18, 2020
Hungary vetoed EU budget because of immigration ‘blackmail’, says PM Orban
By Marton Dunai BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary vetoed the European Union's 2021-2027 budget and post-coronavirus recovery fund because they would have forced it to accept immigration, Prime Minister Vik...
Nov 18, 2020
German companies produce more disinfectant, but not more toilet paper
BERLIN (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic caused a spike in production of disinfectants and pasta, but a rise in toilet paper output proved only temporary, the German statistics office said on Wednesda...
Nov 18, 2020
Armenian PM, under pressure to quit after Karabakh defeat, unveils action plan
YEREVAN (Reuters) - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Wednesday unveiled a six-month action plan he said was designed to ensure his country's democratic stability even as the make-up of the g...
Nov 18, 2020
Iran feeds uranium gas into advanced centrifuges underground -IAEA report
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has begun feeding uranium hexafluoride (UF6) gas feedstock into the advanced IR-2m uranium-enriching centrifuges installed at its underground plant at Natanz, a U.N. nuclear wa...
Nov 18, 2020
