Author Archives: Syndicated Content
German brewers forced to throw away beer, seek state aid like pubs
HAMBURG (Reuters) - German brewers have been forced to throw away unsold beer and have asked the government for financial aid as the coronavirus lockdown reduces demand, they said on Monday. German pu...
Feb 22, 2021
Thousands rally in Algiers on second anniversary of protest movement
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Thousands of demonstrators defied a heavy police presence in Algiers on Monday for a march to mark the second anniversary of a mass protest movement that convulsed Algeria before t...
Feb 22, 2021
Cycling: Alpecin-Fenix withdraw from UAE Tour after positive COVID-19 test
(Reuters) - Belgium-based cycling team Alpecin-Fenix have withdrawn from the UAE Tour after one member of their staff tested positive for COVID-19, race organisers said on Monday. The team was notifie...
Feb 22, 2021
UAE and Qatar hold first meeting since Gulf detente
DUBAI (Reuters) - Delegations from the United Arab Emirates and Qatar met in Kuwait on Monday for the first time since an agreement last month to end a rift of more than three years, the UAE state new...
Feb 22, 2021
Turkey's Erdogan defends plunge in reserves under ex-minister Albayrak
By Tuvan Gumrukcu ANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday defended a policy that oversaw a steep drop in FX reserves under former finance minister Berat Albayrak, his son-in-law, saying ...
Feb 22, 2021
LVMH's Moet Hennessy buys in to rap star Jay-Z's champagne brand
PARIS (Reuters) - LVMH's Moet Hennessy is buying a 50% stake in rap star Jay-Z's Armand de Brignac champagne brand, the latest luxury brand to try to broaden its appeal with a celebrity tie-up. "I'm p...
Feb 22, 2021
Yemen's Houthis raise stakes in Marib 'blood bath', sources say
By Mohammed Ghobari and Aziz El Yaakoubi ADEN (Reuters) - Hundreds of fighters have been killed in a weeks-long Houthi offensive on the Yemeni region of Marib, military sources and a local official sa...
Feb 22, 2021
Schroders to form China wealth management venture with BOCOM
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Schroders said on Monday it had received Chinese regulatory permission to form a majority-owned wealth management venture with a unit of Bank of Communications (BOCOM), the countr...
Feb 22, 2021
Stuck in port, Royal Caribbean posts $1 billion quarterly loss
(Reuters) - Royal Caribbean Group reported a billion-dollar net loss for the fourth straight quarter on Monday, as the cruise operator continued to be affected by a coronavirus-triggered halt to voyag...
Feb 22, 2021
Italy's envoy to Congo killed in attack on U.N. convoy
By Fiston Mahamba and Stanis Bujakera GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Italy's ambassador to Democratic Republic of Congo, his bodyguard and a driver from the World Food Programme were k...
Feb 22, 2021
