Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Explainer: Why Singapore’s COVID-19 death rate is the world’s lowest
By John Geddie and Aradhana Aravindan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore has the lowest coronavirus case fatality count globally, with just 27 deaths among the more than 57,000 people who have been infec...
Sep 17, 2020
Deloitte hit with record 15 million pound fine for Autonomy audit
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's accounting regulator said on Thursday it has fined Deloitte a record 15 million pounds ($19.4 million) for its audit of software firm Autonomy that contained ...
Sep 17, 2020
France’s Le Maire: We will fight Bridgestone’s plan to close Bethune factory
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government is looking into options to try to save jobs and prevent the closure of the Bethune tyre plant in northern France that Japan's Bridgestone plans to shut. "We are...
Sep 17, 2020
Spain’s COVID tracing app tries to balance public health with privacy
By Isla Binnie MADRID (Reuters) - "What does RadarCOVID not do?" a promotional video for Spain's contact-tracing app asks. The answer: while navigating the country's decentralised healthcare system, i...
Sep 17, 2020
UK faces bottleneck on COVID-19 testing due to lab capacity: minister
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain faces difficulties in carrying out COVID-19 tests due to shortages of lab capacity, said junior health minister Edward Argar. "Lab capacity is one of the bottlenecks, or one...
Sep 17, 2020
Eneos says likely to extend Tokyo Olympics sponsorship deal at year-end
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Eneos Holdings Inc is likely to extend at the end of the year its sponsorship deal for the Tokyo Olympics, which has been delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, the firm's chai...
Sep 17, 2020
Biden warns UK on Brexit: No trade deal unless you respect Northern Irish peace deal
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has warned the United Kingdom that it must honour the Northern Irish peace deal as it extracts itself from the European Union or the...
Sep 17, 2020
OPEC+ panel to meet amid oil price decline
DUBAI/LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - OPEC and allies, led by Russia, are scheduled to hold an online meet on Thursday to discuss compliance with their agreed output cuts and demand trends amid falling oil ...
Sep 17, 2020
Australia says daily COVID-19 cases fall to three-month low
By Renju Jose and Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia on Thursday reported its lowest one-day rise in new COVID-19 cases in nearly three months, as states said restrictions imposed to slow the ...
Sep 17, 2020
ByteDance says proposal on TikTok still needs China, U.S. approvals
BEIJING (Reuters) - ByteDance's proposal for U.S. software firm Oracle to become a technology partner in its TikTok app still needs approval from Chinese and U.S. officials, the company said on Thursd...
Sep 17, 2020
