Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ukraine parliament restores powers of anti-corruption agency in bid for foreign loans
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian lawmakers voted to restore the powers of the NAZK anti-corruption agency on Tuesday in a bid to secure new loans from the International Monetary Fund to fight a sharp econom...
Dec 15, 2020
Natural disasters cost insurance industry $76 billion in 2020 – Swiss Re
ZURICH (Reuters) - Natural disasters like wildfires which devastated parts of the United States and a record number of hurricanes in the Atlantic caused $76 billion in insured losses during 2020, Swis...
Dec 15, 2020
Amid pandemic, Jakarta burials 61% higher in first 10 months of 2020
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Burials in the Indonesian capital were 61% higher in the first 10 months of 2020 than in the past five years, according to a new study that could suggest Indonesia's real coronavir...
Dec 15, 2020
Ten years on, anger grows in Tunisian town where ‘Arab Spring’ began
By Angus McDowall and Tarek Amara SIDI BOUZID, Tunisia (Reuters) - Ten years ago, a fruit seller set himself ablaze in the central Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid after an altercation with a policewoman ...
Dec 15, 2020
Feeling like a fraud at work? 3 ways to combat ‘Imposter Syndrome’
By Chris Taylor NEW YORK (Reuters) - June Caloroso has a real problem with someone at work named Lindsey. The career strategist from California's Bay Area has had plenty of success, including as a tec...
Dec 15, 2020
Malaysian PM Muhyuddin passes leadership test in final budget vote
By Joseph Sipalan KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on Tuesday passed an important test of his parliamentary support after a narrow majority of lawmakers approved his ...
Dec 15, 2020
Lloyd’s of London, Parsyl launch initiative to insure COVID-19 vaccine distribution
LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyd's of London and Parsyl Inc. have launched a groundbreaking insurance initiative to protect and support the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines as a global vaccination programme ...
Dec 15, 2020
Italy hopes for EMA approval of Pfizer-BionNTech vaccine ahead of plan
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Health Minister on Tuesday said he hoped for the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to give its green light to the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as soon as possible, in order ...
Dec 15, 2020
Tokyo court sentences man to death for 2017 murders of 9 people contacted via Twitter -media
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo district court on Tuesday sentenced a man to death for the 2017 murders of nine people, local media reported, ending a case that grabbed headlines in Japan with the culprit dub...
Dec 15, 2020
Olympic flame will still visit every corner of Japan – organisers
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Olympic flame will still visit all of Japan's 47 prefectures during the torch relay starting on March 25, organisers said on Tuesday, sticking to the original plan before the Gam...
Dec 15, 2020
