Author Archives: Syndicated Content
European Parliament votes for new taxes in EU to repay recovery borrowing
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Parliament voted on Wednesday in favour of assigning new tax revenues to the European Union to repay the bloc's intended joint borrowing of 750 billion euros ($888 bi...
Sep 16, 2020
UK hands over to India statues stolen from Hindu temple in 1978
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has returned three antique bronze sculptures to Indian authorities more than 40 years after they were stolen from a Hindu temple in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. ...
Sep 16, 2020
Mali junta moves toward selecting interim president after embargo threat
By Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's ruling junta said on Wednesday that it had started the process of naming an interim president, after West African presidents threatened a total embargo on t...
Sep 16, 2020
Belarusian Venus: bruised female nude takes aim at police violence
By Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) - Imagine a painting of a female nude but with the bare flesh of her legs and body blotched with purple, green and yellow bruises as she lies on the floor and embrace...
Sep 16, 2020
United Airlines pilot union council approves deal to prevent furloughs: sources
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The United Airlines pilots union master executive council has voted to approve a deal with the company that would protect some 2,850 jobs, sources familiar with the matter told Reu...
Sep 16, 2020
Germany adds Vienna and Budapest to coronavirus risk list
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has added Austria's capital Vienna and Hungary's capital Budapest to its pandemic risk list due to the rising number of coronavirus infections there, authorities said on Wed...
Sep 16, 2020
Torture rife in Belarus police stations, rights groups say
By Stephanie Nebehay and Cecile Mantovani GENEVA (Reuters) - Protesters are being tortured in police stations across Belarus, where authorities have failed to open investigations, human rights experts...
Sep 16, 2020
JPMorgan stops paying for junior staff to take Uber rides to work: Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co will not pay for junior sales and trading staff to take an Uber to work, reversing actions the bank took after the COVID-19 pandemic to help staff feel comfortable abou...
Sep 16, 2020
General Electric expects second half to be cash flow positive: CEO
(Reuters) - General Electric Co expects to report positive free cash flow in the second half of 2020, Chief Executive Officer Larry Culp said at a Morgan Stanley Laguna Conference on Wednesday. Shares...
Sep 16, 2020
Novartis ties bond sale to malaria treatment access in sustainability push
By Yoruk Bahceli AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Novartis raised 1.85 billion euros on Wednesday from the sale of a bond on which interest payments will rise if the drugmaker fails to expand access to medicines...
Sep 16, 2020
