Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Swiss report more than 17,000 new coronavirus cases over weekend
ZURICH (Reuters) - Coronavirus infections rose by 17,440 over the weekend, data https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/krankheiten/ausbrueche-epidemien-pandemien/aktuelle-ausbrueche-epidemien/novel-cov/...
Oct 26, 2020
Three-way talks on Blue Nile dam dispute to resume Tuesday
By Giulia Paravicini ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Negotiations between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan over a controversial multi-billion dollar dam on the Blue Nile will resume on Tuesday, nearly two months aft...
Oct 26, 2020
Emerging markets' dollar debt tops $4 trillion for first time, BIS says
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Dollar-denominated debt in emerging markets has risen past $4 trillion for the first time following a surge in issuance during the COVID-19 crisis, data from the Bank ...
Oct 26, 2020
Climate activists abseil from bridges, halt Frankfurt rush-hour traffic
BERLIN (Reuters) - Climate activists abseiled from bridges near Germany's financial hub Frankfurt on Monday in protest at the planned expansion of a motorway, causing backed-up traffic on busy roads d...
Oct 26, 2020
'Time is very short' Britain says as EU's Barnier heads to London
By William James and Gabriela Baczynska LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Britain said on Monday that time was very short to bridge the significant remaining gaps on key issues in talks with the European Un...
Oct 26, 2020
Wall Street opens lower as virus cases surge, stimulus doubts weigh
(Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes started the week on a dour note on Monday as surging coronavirus cases and a stalemate in Washington over the next fiscal aid bill darkened the economic outlook ...
Oct 26, 2020
Malaysia extends partial lockdown in capital amid COVID-19 surge
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia on Monday extended a partial lockdown on its capital Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding state of Selangor for another two weeks, as the country recorded the biggest jum...
Oct 26, 2020
Vietnam PM urges Trump to take objective view in trade dispute
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's prime minister said on Monday the country's exchange rate policy was not aimed at helping its exports and asked that U.S. President Donald Trump have "a more objective asse...
Oct 26, 2020
Hasbro revenue beats estimates as families splurge on board games
(Reuters) - Hasbro Inc beat analysts' estimates for quarterly revenue and profit on Monday, boosted by demand for Monopoly and other board games from stuck-at-home parents looking to keep their childr...
Oct 26, 2020
Police arrest seven after British special forces board tanker
By Henry Nicholls SOUTHAMPTON, England (Reuters) - Seven men have been arrested on suspicion of seizing control of a ship, British police said on Monday after special forces stormed an oil tanker unde...
Oct 26, 2020
