Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Violence mounts against Iraqi doctors as COVID cases spike
By Amina Ismail NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi doctor Tariq Al-Sheibani remembers little else beyond cowering on the ground as a dozen relatives of a patient, who had just died of COVID-19, beat him un...
Sep 23, 2020
KKR to buy online contact lens retailer 1-800 Contacts
(Reuters) - KKR & Co Inc has agreed to acquire 1-800 Contacts from investment firm AEA Investors LP, the online contact lens retailer announced on Wednesday, in a deal that a source said was worth mor...
Sep 23, 2020
Pandemic slashes worldwide income from work by a tenth: ILO
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Income earned from work worldwide dropped by an estimated 10.7%, or $3.5 trillion, in the first nine months of 2020, compared to the same period a year ago, the...
Sep 23, 2020
Explainer: What happens next with UK plan to breach Brexit divorce treaty?
By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson is winning his parliamentary battle to pass laws that could allow him to tear up parts of Britain's EU exit treaty, despite a warning f...
Sep 23, 2020
German cabinet approves second-highest net new debt in 2021 budget
By Michael Nienaber BERLIN (Reuters) - The German cabinet on Wednesday approved Finance Minister Olaf Scholz's draft budget for next year which envisages net new debt of 96.2 billion euros ($112.6 bil...
Sep 23, 2020
Futures rise ahead of business activity data; Nike shines
By Sagarika Jaisinghani (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Wednesday ahead of data that would throw light on the pace of an economic recovery from a coronavirus-driven recession, while Nike ...
Sep 23, 2020
UK concert hall sheds name of slave trader whose statue was toppled
By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - A concert hall in the English city of Bristol that was named after 17th century slave trader Edward Colston has renamed itself the Bristol Beacon saying the long-...
Sep 23, 2020
Judge under fire from Swiss right-wing party wins re-election
By Silke Koltrowitz ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss parliament re-elected supreme court judge Yves Donzallaz on Wednesday after attempts by his right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP) to oust him triggered...
Sep 23, 2020
J&J kicks off final study of single-shot COVID-19 vaccine in 60,000 volunteers
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson on Wednesday kicked off a final 60,000-person trial of a single-shot COVID-19 vaccine that potentially would simplify distribution of million...
Sep 23, 2020
Asian suppliers’ shares slip on Tesla’s cheaper battery plan
By Hyunjoo Jin and Yilei Sun SEOUL/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Shares of Asian battery suppliers fell on Wednesday after Tesla Inc outlined a plan to halve the cost of its electric vehicle batteries and brin...
Sep 23, 2020
