Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Indonesia reports 1,761 new coronavirus cases, 89 deaths
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia reported 1,761 new coronavirus infections on Friday, bringing the total tally to 95,418, data from the country's Health Ministry website showed. The number of deaths in t...
Jul 24, 2020
Easing UK lockdown spurs big upturn for COVID-hit business: PMI
By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - British businesses experienced the fastest upturn in five years during July as more of the economy reopened from the coronavirus lockdown, a closely-watched survey sho...
Jul 24, 2020
Ukraine: Black box transcript confirms illegal interference with jet downed in Iran in January
KYIV (Reuters) - The transcript from the black boxes from a Ukrainian jet accidentally shot down by Iran on Jan. 8 confirm the fact of illegal interference with the plane, Ukraine's deputy foreign min...
Jul 24, 2020
Kenyan recycling firm mixes kitchen waste to boost urban farming
By Edwin Waita NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan urban farmer Francis Wachira credits a soil recycling company with keeping him afloat financially during the coronavirus crisis: it helped him to start produc...
Jul 24, 2020
China says Pompeo's speech filled with ideological bias
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday a speech by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on China disregarded reality and was filled with ideological bias. Wang Wenbin, a spokes...
Jul 24, 2020
Thousands gather outside Portland central police precinct
By Deborah Bloom PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - Thousands of Black Lives Matter demonstrators crowded outside the central police precinct in Portland on Thursday evening as protests continued for a 56th c...
Jul 24, 2020
Centrica to sell North American energy business for $3.63 billion
By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - Centrica Plc is to sell its North American subsidiary Direct Energy for $3.63 billion, sending shares in the British Gas owner up more than 38%. The sale to U.S. in...
Jul 24, 2020
Turkish economy to shrink in 2020, recover next year: Reuters poll
By Ezgi Erkoyun ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's economy is expected to contract this year for the first time in more than a decade as the coronavirus pandemic and related restrictions hit demand, but wi...
Jul 24, 2020
Exclusive: UK's home testing dogged by delays, undermining push to reduce virus transmission
By Steve Stecklow and Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) - When Rachel Holdsworth recently developed a fever, she went online and looked up the location of the nearest government coronavirus testing centre...
Jul 24, 2020
Euro zone business activity returns to growth in July as lockdowns loosen: PMI
LONDON (Reuters) - Euro zone business activity bounced back to growth in July as more parts of the economy that were locked down to curtail the spread of the coronavirus reopened and consumers emerged...
Jul 24, 2020
