Author Archives: Syndicated Content
As U.S. COVID-19 deaths near 200,000, a nation grapples with grief
By Lisa Baertlein and Angela Moore LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Anthony and Rosemary Terio, married for 65 years, died five days apart in separate New York hospitals last spring, two lives among t...
Sep 21, 2020
Unilever pressing on with unification despite Dutch ‘exit tax’ proposal – CEO
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Alan Jope, the chief executive of Unilever , said on Monday the company would press on with plans to unify despite a Dutch opposition party proposal calling for an "exit tax" on ...
Sep 21, 2020
Christian pastor, soldier shot dead in Indonesia’s Papua
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A soldier and a Christian pastor have been shot dead in separate incidents at the weekend in Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua, amid a flare-up in tensions between security f...
Sep 21, 2020
Israel’s Leumi, UAE’s DP World partner on regional trade
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's Bank Leumi and Dubai's DP World said on Monday they had agreed to partner in boosting trade between Israel and the rest of the Middle East. This includes possible financ...
Sep 21, 2020
Russian gas meets only a fraction of Germany’s needs – Germany’s Scholz
BERLIN (Reuters) - Gas contributes only a fraction of Germany's energy consumption, and Russian gas only a fraction of that, so it is wrong to say that the Nord Stream 2 pipeline will make Germany dep...
Sep 21, 2020
Indonesia sees daily record 4,176 new coronavirus infections
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia reported on Monday 4,176 new coronavirus infections, its biggest daily rise, taking the country's total tally to 248,852, Health Ministry data showed. The number of death...
Sep 21, 2020
Taiwan export orders grow at fastest pace in over two-and-a-half years
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's export orders grew at their fastest pace in more than two-and-a-half years in August, surging on strong global demand for its telecommuting products, as the coronavirus pan...
Sep 21, 2020
Lithuania, Poland and Romania to ask EU leaders to offer trade, visa-free travel to Belarus
VILNIUS (Reuters) - The presidents of Lithuania, Poland and Romania will ask European Union leaders at a summit later this week to offer a support package for Belarus if the country holds a democratic...
Sep 21, 2020
Network International seeks to reassure on business as shares plummet
MILAN (Reuters) - Dubai-based payments processor Network International sought to reassure on its business trends on Monday after its share price halved in value in less than a week in what traders sai...
Sep 21, 2020
Around 270 whales stranded on sandbar off Australia’s Tasmania
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Marine biologists were planning the rescue of around 270 whales stranded on a sandbar off the remote west coast of the Australian island of Tasmania on Monday. Government scientists...
Sep 21, 2020
