Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Bank of Israel leaves benchmark rate unchanged at 0.1%
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Bank of Israel held its benchmark interest rate at 0.1% for a fifth straight meeting on Monday, preferring to keep it above zero while using bond purchases and other measures...
Nov 30, 2020
Indonesian president says brutal Sulawesi slayings beyond humanity
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Monday condemned the brutal murder of four villagers by suspected Islamist militants as "beyond the limits of humanity", as the military chief p...
Nov 30, 2020
EasyJet offers passengers cheaper COVID-19 tests to encourage travel
LONDON (Reuters) - UK airline EasyJet said it would partner with COVID-19 testing companies to offer passengers discounted tests to try to encourage more travel, following similar moves by Wizz Air an...
Nov 30, 2020
London Stock Exchange opens Brexit trading hub in Amsterdam
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The London Stock Exchange's pan-European share trading platform, Turquoise, opened for trading on Monday, a spokeswoman for the exchange said, joining two rival operato...
Nov 30, 2020
Russian hospital says it began civilian coronavirus vaccinations last week
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has delivered the first known batch of Sputnik V vaccines for civilian use to a hospital just south of Moscow, which said on Monday it began vaccinating the local population ...
Nov 30, 2020
China banking regulator says property market is biggest 'grey rhino'
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's property market is the biggest "grey rhino" - a very obvious yet ignored threat - in terms of financial risks, given it is so deeply intertwined with the financial industry...
Nov 30, 2020
NATO must focus more on challenge of rising China - report
By Robin Emmott and Sabine Siebold BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) - NATO must think harder about how to handle China and its military rise, though Russia will remain its main adversary during this decade, ...
Nov 30, 2020
December summit will be crucial to EU budget standoff: Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) - Next month's European Union leaders' summit will be crucial in determining if a solution is found, allowing the bloc's budget and coronavirus recovery fund to be passed despite Pola...
Nov 30, 2020
Three French military bases attacked in northern Mali, no injuries
By Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO (Reuters) - French forces said three of their bases in Kidal, Menaka and Gao in northern Mali were attacked within the space of a few hours on Monday morning, although no deat...
Nov 30, 2020
Vietnam reports first locally transmitted COVID-19 case in 89 days
By Phuong Nguyen and Khanh Vu HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam confirmed on Monday its first locally transmitted case of the coronavirus in nearly three months, after the infection of a man related to a flig...
Nov 30, 2020
