Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Hungary vetoed EU budget because of immigration 'blackmail', says PM Orban
By Marton Dunai BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary vetoed the European Union's 2021-2027 budget and post-coronavirus recovery fund because they would have forced it to accept immigration, Prime Minister Vik...
Nov 18, 2020
German companies produce more disinfectant, but not more toilet paper
BERLIN (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic caused a spike in production of disinfectants and pasta, but a rise in toilet paper output proved only temporary, the German statistics office said on Wednesda...
Nov 18, 2020
Armenian PM, under pressure to quit after Karabakh defeat, unveils action plan
YEREVAN (Reuters) - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Wednesday unveiled a six-month action plan he said was designed to ensure his country's democratic stability even as the make-up of the g...
Nov 18, 2020
Iran feeds uranium gas into advanced centrifuges underground -IAEA report
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has begun feeding uranium hexafluoride (UF6) gas feedstock into the advanced IR-2m uranium-enriching centrifuges installed at its underground plant at Natanz, a U.N. nuclear wa...
Nov 18, 2020
Russia reports record high of 456 coronavirus deaths, 20,985 new infections
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia reported a record high of 456 deaths related to the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, bringing the official death toll to 34,387. Authorities also reported 20,985 new coronavir...
Nov 18, 2020
Spain confident EU will find solution to Hungary, Poland opposition to recovery package
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Economy Minister Nadia Calvino said on Wednesday she was confident the European Union would find a solution to overcome opposition from Hungary and Poland to the adoption of...
Nov 18, 2020
Zimbabwe shuts school after 100 students test positive for COVID-19
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean authorities have closed a boarding school in the west of the country after at least 100 students tested positive for coronavirus, a state-owned newspaper reported on Wedn...
Nov 18, 2020
No firm evidence of food trade spreading coronavirus: FAO
PARIS (Reuters) - There is no significant evidence of coronavirus being spread through food trade and such reports "need to be minimised", Maximo Torero Cullen, chief economist of the United Nations f...
Nov 18, 2020
European shares extend losses as virus worries offset vaccine cheer
(Reuters) - European stocks slipped on Wednesday as worries about further economic damage and fresh lockdown measures caused by a resurgent pandemic dented recent optimism over promising vaccine trial...
Nov 18, 2020
British minister defends multi-million pound PPE deals after critical audit
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Business Secretary Alok Sharma refused to apologise for a lack of transparency in spending millions of pounds of tax-payer money to secure personal protection equipment, s...
Nov 18, 2020
