Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Rolls-Royce taps shareholders for 2 billion pounds, adds debt to survive crisis
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Rolls-Royce said it planned to raise 2 billion pounds ($2.6 billion) from shareholders, 1 billion pounds from the bond market and secure further loans to rebuild its balan...
Oct 01, 2020
Flight staff of Dutch airline KLM agree on wage cuts, trade union says
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - KLM, the Dutch arm of Air France-KLM SA , has reached an agreement with its flight staff, excluding pilots, over cost cuts needed in return for state aid, trade union FNV said on...
Oct 01, 2020
Ukraine hits record daily high of 4,069 new coronavirus cases, security council says
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine registered a record 4,069 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the national security council said on Thursday, up from a previous record of 4,027 new cases reported on Wednesd...
Oct 01, 2020
Trump plans to slash refugee admissions to new low
(Reuters) - The Trump administration said on Wednesday it intends to allow only 15,000 refugees to resettle in the United States in the 2021 fiscal year, setting another record low in the history of t...
Oct 01, 2020
‘I’ve always put pressure on myself’: Davis shines in Finals debut
(Reuters) - Los Angeles Lakers All-Star forward Anthony Davis has waited his entire career to reach the NBA Finals, and in Game 1 on Wednesday, he showed he'll be making the most of it. The leading sc...
Oct 01, 2020
Four killed, 10 hospitalized in forest fires in eastern Ukraine
KYIV (Reuters) - Four people died and ten were hospitalized as a series of forest fires swept through part of the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk, Ukraine's emergency service said on Thursday. The...
Oct 01, 2020
EBRD predicts deeper 2020 contraction, weaker 2021 bounce for its region
By Karin Strohecker LONDON (Reuters) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) forecast a deeper economic contraction and softer recovery in 2021 for its region on Thursday, saying...
Oct 01, 2020
After six months, Germany lifts blanket world travel warning
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany lifted its blanket warning against travelling to all countries outside the European Union early on Thursday, although little is likely to change for most travellers under th...
Oct 01, 2020
Trump signs stopgap bill to avoid government shutdown
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump signed a stopgap funding bill on Thursday that would keep the federal government open through December 11, the White House said in a statement. The legislation ...
Oct 01, 2020
Figure skating: ISU Grand Prix Final postponed because of coronavirus
(Reuters) - Figure Skating's Grand Prix Final, scheduled to take place on Dec. 10-13 in Beijing, has been postponed because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the International Skating Union (ISU) sai...
Oct 01, 2020
