Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Britain, EU dig in their heels in trade talks
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Talks between Britain and the European Union on their new trade relationship made little progress this week, sources with the bloc said on Friday, with persistent differences on k...
May 15, 2020
Virus-hit German economy plunges into recession
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German economy plunged into a recession after suffering its steepest quarterly contraction since the 2009 financial crisis as shops and factories were shut down in mid-March to ...
May 15, 2020
Belgian Trappists reopen tap for beer sales as lockdown eases
By Bart Biesemans and Christian Levaux WESTVLETEREN, Belgium (Reuters) - Belgian Trappist monks who brew one of the world's most coveted beers have reopened for business after a two-month break, thoug...
May 15, 2020
Uzbekistan extends confinement measures, eases some restrictions
TASHKENT (Reuters) - Uzbekistan will keep some of its lockdowns in place until June 1, the government said on Friday, but allow movement within and between certain major cities and provinces. The form...
May 15, 2020
China says stable bilateral relations in best interests of China, U.S.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry said on Friday that steady Sino-U.S. bilateral relations serve the interests of both people, responding to U.S. President Donald Trump's comments that he c...
May 15, 2020
European stocks gain as China data lifts miners, chipmakers
(Reuters) - European shares rose on Friday, with investors taking comfort in China's first rise in factory output this year after it eased a coronavirus-induced lockdown, but lingering Sino-U.S. tensi...
May 15, 2020
Russia reports 10,598 new coronavirus infections
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Friday reported 10,598 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, pushing its nationwide case tally to 262,843. Russia's coronavirus taskforce said 113 people had died ...
May 15, 2020
Turkey detains four more Kurdish mayors on alleged terror links
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish authorities detained mayors of four more municipalities in Kurdish-majority areas on Friday as part of what it called terrorism related investigations, a security source a...
May 15, 2020
Japan's Rakuten 5G launch delayed due to coronavirus
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Rakuten Inc said on Friday the launch of its 5G services that was planned for June had been delayed by at least three months due to the impact on supply chains by the coronav...
May 15, 2020
China says COVID-19 risks from imported cases are 'controllable'
BEIJING (Reuters) - The risk of a COVID-19 resurgence in China from so-called imported infections is controllable, an official of the National Health Commission (NHC) said on Friday. China reported fo...
May 15, 2020
