Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Morocco vows to clear Polisario blockade of Western Sahara road
RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco will clear the main road linking Western Sahara to Mauritania that has been blocked since Oct. 21 by supporters of the Polisario independence movement, it said on Friday. The...
Nov 13, 2020
Ghosn’s legal woes deepen as Nissan sues for $95 million in damages
TOKYO (Reuters) - Ousted Nissan Motor Co chairman Carlos Ghosn's legal woes deepened on Friday with the start of a civil trial in Yokohama, Japan, where his former employer is seeking 10 billion yen (...
Nov 13, 2020
Austria to close schools in bid to contain COVID-19 spread: OE24
(Reuters) - Austria will likely close schools and tighten contact restrictions to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, news website OE24 reported on Friday. The government is due to hold a new...
Nov 13, 2020
Top emerging-market companies’ dollar debt maturities in coming year
(Reuters) - Emerging-market non-financial companies have about $88.5 billion worth of dollar bonds maturing by the end of 2021, data from Refinitiv Eikon showed. The COVID-19 pandemic has severely aff...
Nov 13, 2020
TUI examining all options to boost pandemic defences, says CEO
BERLIN (Reuters) - Travel group TUI is considering additional state aid, raising new equity and potential disposals to ride out the COVID-19 pandemic, its chief executive said on Friday. Sources close...
Nov 13, 2020
Explainer: Asia-Pacific closes in on world’s biggest trade deal
By Martin Petty (Reuters) - Fifteen Asia-Pacific economies are set to conclude talks on Sunday and sign what could become the world's largest free trade agreement, covering nearly a third of the globa...
Nov 13, 2020
Exclusive: Indonesia to woo Tesla investment in push to become battery superpower
By Gayatri Suroyo, Tom Allard and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo said he will send a high-level team next week to meet with top executives of U.S. automaker Tesl...
Nov 13, 2020
World’s top intensive care body advises against remdesivir for sickest COVID patients
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Antiviral remdesivir should not be used as a routine treatment for COVID-19 patients in critical care wards, the head of one of the world's top bodies repre...
Nov 13, 2020
Vaccine alliance says raises $2 billion to buy COVID shots for poor countries
LONDON (Reuters) - A facility set up by the GAVI vaccine group and the World Health Organization (WHO) to buy and distribute COVID-19 vaccines for poorer countries has raised more than $2 billion for ...
Nov 13, 2020
ECB to discuss new inflation target next week: Rehn
HELSINKI (Reuters) - The European Central Bank will discuss possible tweaks to its inflation target at a seminar next week, Finnish central bank governor Olli Rehn said on Friday, reinforcing expectat...
Nov 13, 2020
