Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive: South African upstart bank teams up with JG Summit to expand into Philippines
By Anshuman Daga SINGAPORE (Reuters) - South African digital bank Tyme has raised $110 million in private capital and linked up with JG Summit, one of the biggest conglomerates in the Philippines, to ...
Feb 22, 2021
Using trade ties to secure doses, Chile moves fast on COVID-19 vaccination drive
By Aislinn Laing and Jorge Vega SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile is streaking ahead of the rest of Latin America in its campaign to vaccinate its population against the coronavirus, which the Andean country...
Feb 22, 2021
IMF says COVID-19 might widen wealth differences in Europe
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to widen wealth gaps in Europe unless policymakers help end the health crisis globally, support economies until the pandemic is...
Feb 22, 2021
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(Reuters) - Belgium-based cycling team Alpecin-Fenix have withdrawn from the UAE Tour after one member of their staff tested positive for COVID-19, race organisers said on Monday.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
