Author Archives: Syndicated Content
HK's top leader piles up cash at home after U.S. sanctions
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says she has to pile up cash at home as she has been unable to open a bank account in the global financial centre since Washington sanctioned her shor...
Nov 29, 2020
Swiss looks set to dismiss ban on funding of weapons makers
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss voters on Sunday looked set to reject a proposal seeking to impose a ban on funding arms makers, the latest anti-military referendum in a nation that hasn't fought an external...
Nov 29, 2020
Half of Swiss support Responsible Business Initiative in early voting day estimates
ZURICH (Reuters) - Half of Swiss voters on Sunday supported a constitutional amendment extending Swiss companies' liability over human rights abuses and environmental harm caused abroad, according to ...
Nov 29, 2020
Athletics: Ethiopia's Yehualaw runs second-fastest women's half marathon ever
(Reuters) - Ethiopia's Yalemzerf Yehualaw ran the second-fastest women's half marathon in history on Sunday, completing the 21.09-kilometre course in New Delhi in one hour, four minutes and 46 seconds...
Nov 29, 2020
Darth Vader actor David Prowse dies aged 85
LONDON (Reuters) - David Prowse, the English actor who played Darth Vader in the original Star Wars films, has died aged 85, his management company said on Sunday. "It's with great regret and heart-wr...
Nov 29, 2020
UniCredit to hold extraordinary board meeting on governance: source
MILAN (Reuters) - UniCredit is expected to hold an extraordinary board meeting on Sunday to discuss governance issues as Chief Executive Jean Pierre Mustier's mandate comes up for renewal in the sprin...
Nov 29, 2020
China to further expand outbound investor schemes: Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) - China plans to roll out an outbound investment scheme to new regions as it looks to meet onshore investors' asset allocation needs, official news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday. ...
Nov 29, 2020
UK confirms H5N8 bird flu on English turkey farm
LONDON (Reuters) - Bird flu has been found at a turkey farm in northern England, the government said on Sunday. "Avian flu has been confirmed at a commercial turkey fattening farm near Northallerton, ...
Nov 29, 2020
Canada adds extra C$691 million to agriculture sector, cuts timeline for dairy farmers' aid
(Reuters) - Canada's government said on Saturday it will pump an additional C$691 million ($531.87 million) to support the country's dairy, poultry and egg farmers, and also reduced the timeline for p...
Nov 29, 2020
Sudan inflation soars, raising spectre of hyperinflation
By Patrick Werr CAIRO (Reuters) - Inflation in Sudan has risen to one of the highest levels in the world, and the country risks slipping into hyperinflation unless it gets its budget deficit and money...
Nov 29, 2020
