Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China says beef imports suspension unrelated to China-Australian relations
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Friday the suspension of beef imports from an Australian firm is an individual case and has nothing to do with relations between the two countries. Foreign ministry s...
Aug 28, 2020
European stocks slide as heavyweight tech, healthcare drag
(Reuters) - European stocks slipped on Friday as investors dumped recent winners including technology and healthcare stocks and bid up banking shares after the U.S. Federal Reserve unveiled its new po...
Aug 28, 2020
Turkey’s economy severely contracted 11.8% in second-quarter as coronavirus hit: Reuters poll
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's economy is expected to have severely contracted nearly 12% in the second quarter due to the coronavirus lockdown, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, logging its worst year-...
Aug 28, 2020
Poland calls Lukashenko’s words unacceptable as relations become tense
WARSAW (Reuters) - Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko's comments that Warsaw may be plotting to seize part of the country if its political crisis worsened are unacceptable, Krzysztof Szczerski, an...
Aug 28, 2020
Russia’s coronavirus cases surpass 980,000
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia reported 4,829 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Friday, bringing its nationwide tally to 980,405, the fourth largest caseload in the world. Russia's coronavirus taskforc...
Aug 28, 2020
Abenomics fails to deliver as Japan braces for Abe resignation
By Leika Kihara and Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's signature shock-and-awe 'Abenomics' stimulus strategy was already faltering even before Friday's news that h...
Aug 28, 2020
Amazon orders 1,800 Mercedes-Benz electric vans for European deliveries
By Nick Carey and Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Friday it had ordered 1,800 electric vans from Mercedes-Benz for its European delivery fleet, as part of the online retailer's plans...
Aug 28, 2020
Top Philippine diplomat recommends scrapping deals with blacklisted China firms
By Karen Lema and Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' foreign minister said on Friday he would recommend the government terminates deals with Chinese firms blacklisted by the Unite...
Aug 28, 2020
Taiwan’s Mediatek pushes for permission to supply Huawei after U.S. curbs
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwanese chip designer Mediatek Inc said on Friday it had applied to the U.S. government for permission to continue supplying China's Huawei after new U.S. curbs take effect in mid...
Aug 28, 2020
UK transport minister: ‘It is now safe to return to work’
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government will urge people to return to offices and other workplaces where it is safe to do so to help the economy recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, transport minister ...
Aug 28, 2020
