Author Archives: Syndicated Content
German hospital says Kremlin critic Navalny has been discharged
BERLIN (Reuters) - Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been discharged from the hospital in Berlin where he has been treated after falling ill on a domestic flight in Siberia last month and then being a...
Sep 23, 2020
French business activity slows unexpectedly as COVID-19 cases spike -PMI
PARIS (Reuters) - French business activity slowed to a four-month low in September, with services weaker than expected as France struggles to contain a surge in new COVID-19 cases, a monthly survey sh...
Sep 23, 2020
Gambling firm 888 Holdings names lobbyist Jonathan Mendelsohn as chair
(Reuters) - Online gambling firm 888 Holdings on Wednesday named British lobbyist Jonathan Mendelsohn as its chairman designate, replacing former chief executive and current chair Brian Mattingley. Me...
Sep 23, 2020
China’s BGI wins 1.5 million coronavirus test kit order from Ethiopia
BEIJING (Reuters) - Ethiopia has agreed to purchase 1.5 million coronavirus testing kits that will be manufactured at a factory in the African country that has been newly built by China's BGI Group, C...
Sep 23, 2020
German police investigate illegal workers in meatpacking industry
BERLIN (Reuters) - German police searched more than 40 homes and businesses in five German states early on Wednesday as part of an investigation into foreign workers being illegally brought to the cou...
Sep 23, 2020
Volkswagen’s Traton partners with TuSimple for self-driving trucks
(Reuters) - Volkswagen's Traton commercial truck unit and self-driving technology startup TuSimple will partner to develop self-driving trucks, the companies said on Wednesday. Traton has also taken a...
Sep 23, 2020
Paris to ban gatherings of more than 10 people – BFM TV
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government is expected to unveil tighter coronavirus restrictions for Paris on Wednesday following a cabinet meeting, BFM TV and Le Parisien newspaper said. Among the meas...
Sep 23, 2020
India building collapse toll climbs to 35, search and rescue efforts continue
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Rescue workers battled rain and cramped conditions to scour through rubble and look for possible survivors as the toll from an apartment building collapse on the outskirts of Mumbai...
Sep 23, 2020
UK not minded to extend furlough scheme, minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's finance minister is not minded to extend a furlough scheme that is currently scheduled to stop at the end of October, his colleague Dominic Raab, foreign minister, said on...
Sep 23, 2020
UK told U.S. it was Brussels, not London, threatening Irish peace
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said he told the U.S. government during a recent visit to Washington it was the European Union, not the United Kingdom, that was threatening...
Sep 23, 2020
