Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Thai royalists rally to support monarchy amid calls for reforms
By Juarawee Kittisilpa BANGKOK (Reuters) - About 1,200 Thai royalists gathered on Sunday to support the monarchy after almost daily student-led, anti-government protests calling for change, with some ...
Aug 30, 2020
China’s big banks brace for lagging COVID-19 risks as bad loans rise
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Four of China's five largest state-owned banks said they have increased their provisions against bad debt to brace for future losses due to the impact of the global corona...
Aug 30, 2020
Putin and Lukashenko plan to meet in Moscow – Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko have agreed to meet in Moscow in coming weeks, the Kremlin said on Sunday. The two leaders have not met s...
Aug 30, 2020
Hezbollah will avenge slain fighter, leader warns Israel
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday it was only a matter of time before the group killed an Israeli soldier to avenge the death of one its fighters in Syria and ...
Aug 30, 2020
Hong Kong health workers, activists urge boycott of mass testing
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong pro-democracy union of healthcare workers and several activists, including Joshua Wong, called on Sunday for a boycott of the government's universal coronavirus testi...
Aug 30, 2020
Wizz Air to cut flights as Hungary closes borders to foreigners
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Wizz Air will sharply reduce weekly flights to and from Hungary from Sept. 7, the airline said, after the government announced it would ban the entry of foreigners to try to rein ...
Aug 30, 2020
China’s Wang Yi tells other countries not to interfere in Chinese internal affairs
PARIS (Reuters) - The Chinese government's top diplomat, State Councillor Wang Yi, said on Sunday what was happening in the Xinjiang region and Hong Kong was an internal Chinese matter and that other ...
Aug 30, 2020
Burst of success for progressive challengers in U.S. congressional races may fizzle in Massachusetts
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A solid year for progressive Democrats who have defeated at least three incumbents in the U.S. Congress in primaries could fizzle out this week in Massachusetts...
Aug 30, 2020
Senior China diplomat says it’s possible to agree EU-China investment accord by end-2020
PARIS (Reuters) - The Chinese government's top diplomat, State Councillor Wang Yi, said on Sunday it was possible to conclude an EU-China investment accord by the end of 2020. "I am thinking of the in...
Aug 30, 2020
British universities should not reopen next month, says union
LONDON (Reuters) - British universities should scrap plans to reopen next month to prevent travelling students from fuelling the country's coronavirus pandemic, a union said, calling for courses to be...
Aug 30, 2020
