Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Norway fund excludes firms over human rights violation risk
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's $1 trillion wealth fund said it has excluded Taiwan's Formosa Chemicals and Fibre , Formosa Taffeta and India's Page Industries from its portfolio, saying they posed an "unac...
Aug 31, 2020
EU offers 400 million euros in guarantees to WHO-led COVID-19 vaccine initiative
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Monday it would contribute 400 million euros ($476 million) in guarantees to an initiative led by the World Health Organisation to buy COVID-19 vac...
Aug 31, 2020
Slovenia second quarter GDP shrinks 13% as spending, exports fall
By Marja Novak LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Slovenia's economy shrank by 13% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2020, the statistics office said on Monday, after the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic reduce...
Aug 31, 2020
Forty percent of Americans back Trump executive order on TikTok: Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Raphael Satter and Chris Kahn WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Forty percent of Americans back President Donald Trump's threat to ban videosharing app TikTok if it is not sold to a U.S. buyer, acco...
Aug 31, 2020
Danish Finance Ministry sees 4.5% contraction in economy this year
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's Finance Ministry said on Monday it forecasts GDP to fall 4.5% this year, compared to its May forecast of a 5.3% contraction. The ministry also said it expected GDP to ...
Aug 31, 2020
How a $13 device is helping Delhi fight the coronavirus
By Devjyot Ghoshal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Twice a day, New Delhi health worker Kamal Kumari receives a flurry of WhatsApp messages from coronavirus patients, containing either a two-digit reading from ...
Aug 31, 2020
Credit Suisse applied for banking licence in Spain after Brexit
MADRID (Reuters) - Credit Suisse has applied for a licence to set up an investment bank hub in Madrid after Britain has left the European Union, a spokesman said on Monday confirming a report from Spa...
Aug 31, 2020
Scientists see downsides to top COVID-19 vaccines from Russia, China
By Allison Martell and Julie Steenhuysen TORONTO/CHICAGO (Reuters) - High-profile COVID-19 vaccines developed in Russia and China share a potential shortcoming: They are based on a common cold virus t...
Aug 31, 2020
Schoop uses long ball to lift Tigers to fifth straight win
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Jonathan Schoop homered in the sixth inning to lift the Tigers past the Twins 3-2 in Detroit. Jeimer Candelario also went deep and Miguel Cabrera plated the other run ...
Aug 31, 2020
Explainer: How common cold viruses are being used in vaccines from Russia, China
By Allison Martell and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) - The modified common cold viruses behind high-profile COVID-19 vaccine candidates from China's CanSino Biologics and Russia's Gamaleya Institute hav...
Aug 31, 2020
