Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Investors in Belarus face 'dictator dilemma', Putin may hold the key
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Investors face a classic 'dictator dilemma' in Belarus - hold on to securities that benefit from the status quo in a brutal regime, or sell them and sever their ties -...
Aug 14, 2020
Iran official: No Iranian ships or cargoes have been seized - IRNA
DUBAI (Reuters) - No Iranian ships or gasoline cargoes have been seized, an unnamed official told Iran's state news agency on Friday, following reports that four Iranian fuel cargoes had been transfer...
Aug 14, 2020
Nearly 8% of people in German coronavirus hotspot had COVID-19: RKI
BERLIN (Reuters) - Results of a study in a town which had one of Germany's earliest coronavirus outbreaks found 7.7% of residents had antibodies to COVID-19, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infect...
Aug 14, 2020
Greek and Turkish warships in 'mini collision': defence source
ATHENS (Reuters) - A Greek and a Turkish warship were involved in a mini-collision on Wednesday during a standoff in the eastern Mediterranean, a Greek defence source said, describing it as an "accide...
Aug 14, 2020
One in five at Kashmir jail tests positive as India COVID cases soar
By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - One in five prisoners at the largest jail in Indian Kashmir has tested positive for the coronavirus, authorities said on Friday, as the health ministry rep...
Aug 14, 2020
Tom Hoge shares lead with 62 at Wyndham
GREENSBORO, N.C - Harold Varner III, Tom Hoge and Roger Sloan each shot 8-under 62 on Thursday to share the first-round lead at the Wyndham Championship, the PGA Tour's final regular-season event befo...
Aug 14, 2020
Chinese LGBT group ShanghaiPRIDE halts work to 'protect safety'
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - ShanghaiPRIDE, one of China's longest running gay pride groups, said it was cancelling all activities and events for the foreseeable future, citing the need to protect the "safety...
Aug 14, 2020
Euro zone trade surplus surges as imports drop, employment in record fall
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The euro zone's trade surplus with the rest of the world jumped in June to 21.2 billion euros ($25 billion) as the bloc's drop in imports of goods outpaced the fall of exports ami...
Aug 14, 2020
In Beirut, Iran's Zarif says up to Lebanon to decide future government
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Lebanese should be the only party who should decide their future government, Iran's Foreign Minster Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday in Beirut. Speaking after a meeting with ...
Aug 14, 2020
Hong Kong second-quarter GDP shrinks 9% year-on-year, full-year outlook downgraded
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's economy shrank 9.0% in the second quarter compared with a year earlier, the government said on Friday, as the coronavirus pandemic continued to severely hit the city....
Aug 14, 2020
