Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Qatar sets new minimum wage, lifts restriction on changing jobs
DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar on Sunday set a basic monthly minimum wage of 1,000 Qatari riyals ($274.6) and scrapped a rule requiring employers to consent to employees changing jobs. The announcement is th...
Aug 30, 2020
Lukashenko gets birthday call from Putin as Belarus protests rumble
(Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin used a birthday phone call on Sunday to invite Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko to visit Moscow, a Kremlin show of support as thousands of protesters...
Aug 30, 2020
FDA commissioner says willing to fast-track COVID-19 vaccine: FT
(Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is willing to fast-track a COVID-19 vaccine as quickly as possible, the Financial Times reported him as saying in an interview publi...
Aug 30, 2020
Pinot says ‘nothing broken’ but worried by back injury
NICE, France (Reuters) - Home favourite Thibaut Pinot said he was concerned by a back injury ahead of Sunday's second stage of the Tour de France after suffering a heavy crash in the opening stage. Th...
Aug 30, 2020
Belarus police detain at least a dozen protesters in central Minsk: Reuters witness
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarusian police on Sunday detained at least a dozen protesters who had gathered in central Minsk, a Reuters witness said. Hundreds of people gathered near a central square that th...
Aug 30, 2020
Mauritius fishermen battle to save dozens dolphins near oil spill
By Giulia Paravicini (Reuters) - Fishermen battled on Sunday to save dozens of injured dolphins washed ashore in Mauritius where in recent days at least 40 of the animals were found dead in a lagoon n...
Aug 30, 2020
Kenoshians face ‘wake-up call’ after tumultuous, painful week of violence
By Brendan O'Brien KENOSHA, Wis. (Reuters) - Five decades after he came with his migrant-worker family from Texas to Kenosha, Wisconsin to pick cucumbers and potatoes in the fields outside of town, To...
Aug 30, 2020
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
