Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Kyrgyzstan president Jeenbekov resigns after unrest
By Olga Dzyubenko and Mariya Gordeyeva BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov resigned on Thursday after days of unrest following a disputed election, saying he wanted to prevent cla...
Oct 15, 2020
French billionaire Niel takes on Unibail with call to refocus on Europe
(Reuters) - French telecoms billionaire Xavier Niel has teamed up with the former boss of Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield to oppose the shopping mall group's planned 3.5 billion euro rights issue. Niel, fou...
Oct 15, 2020
Philippines reports 2,261 new coronavirus cases, 50 more deaths
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine health ministry on Thursday recorded 2,261 novel coronavirus infections and 50 additional deaths. In a bulletin, the ministry said total confirmed cases have increase...
Oct 15, 2020
Spain sees risk in possible delay of EU rescue funds, would issue debt
MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish government would issue debt to compensate for any potential delay in the approval and disbursement of EU rescue funds, which represent a risk for the economic recovery, ...
Oct 15, 2020
Czech PM to represent Poland at EU summit: PAP
WARSAW (Reuters) - Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis will represent Warsaw at the European Union summit on Thursday and Friday, as Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki continues quarantine, Pola...
Oct 15, 2020
Former London marathon winner Wanjiru gets four-year ban
(Reuters) - Kenyan Daniel Wanjiru, the 2017 London Marathon winner, has been banned for four years due to an Athlete Biological Passport violation, the sport's independent Athletics Integrity Unit (AI...
Oct 15, 2020
China angered as U.S. names human rights envoy for Tibet
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - China accused the United States on Thursday of seeking to destabilise Tibet, after the Trump administration appointed a senior human rights official as special coordinat...
Oct 15, 2020
COVID-19 surge demands shift to cheaper, less accurate tests, says Roche
ZURICH (Reuters) - Surging COVID-19 cases globally will necessitate a shift to more testing with cheap, less-accurate antigen tests because more-accurate molecular, or PCR, tests are in short supply, ...
Oct 15, 2020
China threatens countermeasures for U.S. sanctions warning to banks over Hong Kong
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry said that China will take countermeasures if the United States insists on going down the wrong path, when asked about a U.S. warning to banks over the crac...
Oct 15, 2020
For isolated tribe, Philippine rickshaw brings learning amid pandemic
By Adrian Portugual and Eloisa Lopez PORAC, Philippines (Reuters) - When the pandemic shut Philippine schools, a group of teachers living near the indigenous Aeta people became so concerned about the ...
Oct 15, 2020
