Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Slovakia reports highest daily COVID-19 tally
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovakia on Wednesday reported its highest daily tally of new COVID-19 cases since the pandemic started, recording 338 infections the previous day, according to Health Ministry data...
Sep 23, 2020
UK’s new COVID measures met with scepticism, confusion
By Sarah Young and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - The British government on Wednesday defended its new, stricter coronavirus measures against criticism that they did not got far enough, saying it was ...
Sep 23, 2020
HK court rejects Joshua Wong’s challenge to 2019 election disqualification
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong court rejected on procedural grounds on Wednesday a challenge by pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong to his disqualification from district elections in the city last y...
Sep 23, 2020
Lukashenko abruptly sworn in for new presidential term in Belarus
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus was sworn in for a new term on Wednesday, the official news agency Belta said, in a sudden inauguration conducted with no prior announcemen...
Sep 23, 2020
ING: Transaction named in ‘FinCEN’ leaks was administrative mistake
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - ING Group NV on Wednesday hit back at reports citing the "FinCEN Files," that said a Polish ING subsidiary had altered the name of a Russian sender on sanctions blacklists on a l...
Sep 23, 2020
Civil lawsuits filed over COVID-19 outbreak at Austrian ski resort Ischgl
VIENNA (Reuters) - A consumer rights group said on Wednesday it had filed civil lawsuits against the Austrian government over a coronavirus outbreak at the ski resort of Ischgl last winter, but it hel...
Sep 23, 2020
Indonesia reports biggest daily rise in coronavirus cases
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia reported 4,465 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the country's biggest daily rise, taking the total number of infections to 257,388, data from the country's health mini...
Sep 23, 2020
Neste and Shell to increase supply of sustainable aviation fuel
(Reuters) - Finnish biofuel producer and oil refiner Neste said on Wednesday it had signed an agreement with Shell Aviation to significantly increase the supply and availability of sustainable aviatio...
Sep 23, 2020
Germany plans stricter measures to reach renewables targets
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is planning stricter controls to ensure it reaches targets in its expansion of renewable energy sources, according to the most recent draft to be discussed by the government...
Sep 23, 2020
Euro zone September business growth halts as services reverse: PMI
LONDON (Reuters) - Euro zone business growth ground to a halt this month as the service industry slammed into reverse, knocked by a resurgence in coronavirus cases that pushed governments to reintrodu...
Sep 23, 2020
