Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK PM Johnson’s battle with COVID-19 may be a warning for Trump
By Guy Faulconbridge, Elizabeth Piper and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - When Boris Johnson caught COVID-19 in March, the overweight British prime minister tried to work through the illness "in den...
Oct 02, 2020
Malaysian leaders draw flak after post-election virus jump
By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysians took to social media on Friday to lambast politicians for violating social distancing protocols and refusing to self-isolate, after the country re...
Oct 02, 2020
UK university students’ first lesson: coping with COVID
By Paul Sandle and Ben Dangerfield LONDON (Reuters) - For thousands of new students in Britain, their first weeks of university have been all too similar to their final weeks of school, marked by lock...
Oct 02, 2020
Turkey orders 17 jailed pending trial over 2014 Kobani protests
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish court ordered the pre-trial detention on Friday of 17 people, including senior pro-Kurdish opposition members, for their role in violent protests against the army's inac...
Oct 02, 2020
Euro zone inflation will remain negative this year: ECB’ de Guindos
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro zone inflation will remain negative for the rest of the year, European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Friday, just after fresh data showed price growth ...
Oct 02, 2020
Madrid regional authorities to lock down city in coming hours, source says
MADRID (Reuters) - Madrid's regional authorities will in the coming hours publish a decree to put the Spanish capital and nine nearby towns under partial lockdown, with immediate effect, a source from...
Oct 02, 2020
Duterte ally seeks Philippine senate probe on Facebook ‘censorship’
MANILA (Reuters) - A Philippine senator on Friday sought an inquiry into what he described as "censorship" by Facebook after the social media giant took down a network of accounts it said were inauthe...
Oct 02, 2020
Uber Freight raises $500 mln, valuation rises to $3.3 billion
(Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc said on Friday New York-based private equity firm Greenbriar Equity Group would invest $500 million in its logistics arm, Uber Freight, valuing the unit at $3.3 billi...
Oct 02, 2020
ACS shares soar after Vinci offers $6 billion for its industrial unit
By Inti Landauro and Clara-Laeila Laudette MADRID (Reuters) - Shares of Spanish engineering and infrastructure group ACS surged 16% on Friday after French rival Vinci made a non-binding offer to buy A...
Oct 02, 2020
Tunisia reports daily coronavirus record of 1308 cases
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia recorded 1,308 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the health ministry said on Friday, a record since the start of the pandemic, prompting the government to impose ...
Oct 02, 2020
