Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. Open heartbreak for India’s Gunneswaran despite long New York trip
By Sudipto Ganguly MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's Prajnesh Gunneswaran flew halfway across the world in the hope of sneaking into the U.S. Open's main draw but suffered an expensive let-down when he misse...
Aug 28, 2020
U.N. says life of Congo’s Nobel Laureate doctor in danger
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - The life of a top Congolese doctor who won the Nobel Peace prize for his work treating war rape victims is in danger after a series of death threats, the U.N. High Com...
Aug 28, 2020
Fed’s Kaplan says central bank needs to be conscious of financial stability risks
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve needs to keep an eye on how its efforts to stabilize markets and promote stronger jobs growth could be encouraging some investors to take on excess debt and ot...
Aug 28, 2020
Malaysia extends coronavirus movement curbs until end-2020
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia will continue with certain movement control restrictions to contain the spread of the coronavirus until Dec. 31, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said on Friday. Malay...
Aug 28, 2020
Russia releases secret footage of 1961 ‘Tsar Bomba’ hydrogen blast
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has released previously classified footage of the world's largest nuclear explosion, caused when the Soviet Union detonated the so-called Tsar Bomba almost 60 years ago. The ...
Aug 28, 2020
Floods kill 23 in Pakistan financial hub amid house collapses, power cuts
By Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's flooded financial capital of Karachi was plunged into chaos on Friday with power cuts, streets under water and cellphone outages caused by ...
Aug 28, 2020
U.S. consumer spending beats expectations in July
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending increased more than expected in July, strengthening expectations for a sharp rebound in economic growth in the third quarter, though momentum is likely to...
Aug 28, 2020
Exclusive: Germany seen revising upward its 2020 GDP forecast, says source
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government is set to revise upward its economic growth forecast for this year to a decline of less than 6% from a previous estimate of -6.3%, a coalition source told Reut...
Aug 28, 2020
Deadly firefight in Lebanon prompts warnings of more trouble
By Michael Georgy KHALDEH, Lebanon (Reuters) - A deadly battle between Lebanese Sunnis and Shi'ites overnight prompted warnings of more violence as the country is pushed to breaking point by a financi...
Aug 28, 2020
Take Five: Sayonara Abenomics?
1/ THE END OF THREE ARROWS Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest serving premier and author of the signature shock-and-awe "Abenomics" stimulus strategy, has resigned for health reasons. Sweeping to power in la...
Aug 28, 2020
