Author Archives: Syndicated Content
IMF’s Georgieva says more funds needed to expand concessional loans to poor countries
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Friday that IMF member countries will need to make more contributions to concessional lending for poor...
Oct 30, 2020
Bolivian Congress approves report recommending lawsuit against outgoing president
LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivia's Congress, controlled by the socialist party of the former indigenous President Evo Morales, approved on Thursday night a report that recommends a lawsuit against outgoing ...
Oct 30, 2020
Harvey Weinstein is sued by woman he was convicted of sexually assaulting
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Harvey Weinstein was sued on Friday by the former production assistant who the disgraced movie producer was convicted at trial of having sexually assaulted. In a complaint filed i...
Oct 30, 2020
Three Thai protest leaders re-arrested, one carried from van
By Jiraporn Kuhakan and Juarawee Kittisilpa BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police carried one of the country's most high profile protest leaders apparently unconscious from a van on Friday, as he and two ot...
Oct 30, 2020
U.S., Brazil see room for global ethanol growth before transition to EVs
By Marcelo Teixeira NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States and Brazil, the two leading ethanol producers, see potential for a large increase in global use of the biofuel as an outright way to cut carb...
Oct 30, 2020
Canada increases immigration targets in bid to boost growth, fill labor gaps
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada said on Friday that it was increasing its immigration targets after a significant decline in new permanent residents in 2020 due to COVID-19 in a bid to underpin an economic ...
Oct 30, 2020
U.S. approves combination of Pfizer’s Upjohn and Mylan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Friday that it had approved generic drugmaker Mylan NV's planned purchase of Pfizer's Upjohn, subject to conditions. The proposed trans...
Oct 30, 2020
Jittery Wall Street banks ‘war game’ the election with drills, client calls, special pollsters
By Matt Scuffham and Sumeet Chatterjee NEW YORK/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Large Wall Street banks have been running "war game" drills in their trading businesses and preparing clients for unexpected scena...
Oct 30, 2020
WHO experts talks to Chinese on COVID pandemic
GENEVA (Reuters) - A group of World Health Organization (WHO) experts held a virtual meeting with Chinese counterparts on Friday to discuss the coronavirus pandemic, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyes...
Oct 30, 2020
Young Tunisian’s journey from dowdy suburb to French church beheading
By Tarek Amara and Jihed Abidellaoui SFAX, Tunisia (Reuters) - When Brahim al-Aouissaoui made a video call to his family back in Tunisia early on Thursday he told them he had just arrived in Nice and ...
Oct 30, 2020
