Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Nigeria's wet markets thrive despite coronavirus pandemic
By Angela Ukomadu and Libby George LAGOS (Reuters) - Just a few months after Epe Fish Market was under lockdown to stem the spread of the new coronavirus, vendors at the site in the southern Nigerian ...
Aug 20, 2020
Merkel's conservatives clash with Scholz over debt brake
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz has raised the ire of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives with his proposal to suspend the constitutionally enshrined debt brake in 2021 aft...
Aug 20, 2020
China's Supreme Court slashes ceiling of legal private lending rate
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Supreme People's Court said on Thursday that it will slash the ceiling of the private lending rate protected by law, a move to crackdown on usurious loans and lower the cos...
Aug 20, 2020
China's EV maker Nio launches battery leasing service
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Nio Inc has launched a battery leasing service which will allow drivers to buy an EV without owning the battery pack - one of the most ...
Aug 20, 2020
Russia's coronavirus death toll passes 16,000
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's death toll from the novel coronavirus passed 16,000 on Thursday, as the country reported 110 new deaths in the past 24 hours. The country's coronavirus crisis response cent...
Aug 20, 2020
Hong Kong will suspend some legal cooperation with U.S., China says
BEIJING (Reuters) - Hong Kong will suspend some legal cooperation with the United States, China's foreign ministry said on Thursday, in a tit-for-tat response to Washington ending some agreements with...
Aug 20, 2020
China, U.S. to hold trade talks in coming days: China commerce ministry
BEIJING (Reuters) - China and the United States have agreed to hold trade talks "in the coming days" to evaluate the progress made on their Phase 1 trade deal at the six-month mark after it was reache...
Aug 20, 2020
Iran unveils locally made ballistic and cruise missiles amid U.S. tensions
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran inaugurated a surface-to-surface ballistic missile with a range of 1,400 km and a new cruise missile, Iranian Defence Minister Amir Hatami said in a televised speech on Thursday...
Aug 20, 2020
European shares fall on U.S. Fed's grim view on recovery
(Reuters) - European stocks were hit by a wave of selling in global equity markets on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve signalled a long and difficult path of recovery for the world's largest ec...
Aug 20, 2020
Hawks Beat Up On Canaries To Even Series
Wednesday night's contest with the Sioux Falls Canaries (20-20) and continued to pile on to earn their biggest home win of the 2020 season with a 11-1 victory in front of 1,237 fans at Newman Outdoor ...
Aug 20, 2020
