Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Navy begins defusing biggest World War Two bomb ever found in Poland
WARSAW (Reuters) - Navy divers on Monday began a five-day operation to defuse the largest unexploded World War Two bomb ever found in Poland, forcing more than 750 people to evacuate their homes. Dubb...
Oct 12, 2020
France to rein in export guarantees for oil and gas industry
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government will stop providing export guarantees to projects involving dirty forms of oil from next year, all oil in from 2025 and gas in from 2035, the finance ministry s...
Oct 12, 2020
Mexico's main stock exchange opens after temporary trading suspension
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's main stock exchange re-opened on Monday, after suspending operations before midday on Friday due to what it said was as an outage in the system used to process trading...
Oct 12, 2020
More synchronized action needed to tackle COVID crisis: IMF's Georgieva
LONDON (Reuters) - The international community needs to do more to tackle the economic fallout of the COVID-19 crisis, the head of the International Monetary Fund said on Monday. "We are going to cont...
Oct 12, 2020
North Korea's Kim tearfully thanks troops, apologises for failures
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un became visibly emotional during a speech at a military parade over the weekend as he thanked troops for their sacrifices and apologised ...
Oct 12, 2020
Natural disasters surge in past 20 years, likely to continue to wreak havoc: U.N.
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Extreme weather events have increased dramatically in the past 20 years, taking a heavy human and economic toll worldwide, and are likely to wreak further havoc...
Oct 12, 2020
Abbott wins U.S. emergency use authorization for new COVID-19 antibody test
(Reuters) - Abbott Laboratories said on Monday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency use authorization for its lab-based COVID-19 antibody blood test. The test, AdviseDx, can b...
Oct 12, 2020
Heathrow taps bond markets, eyes further cost cuts to weather COVID-19
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Heathrow Airport said it raised 1.4 billion pounds ($1.82 billion) from the bond markets to strenghten its financial position as the pandemic continues to suppress travel ...
Oct 12, 2020
Italy's eyewear trade fair MIDO moved again to June 2021 over virus risk
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's international eyewear fair MIDO said on Monday it had postponed its 50th edition for the second time to June 2021 after a resurgence of coronavirus infections, hoping for bet...
Oct 12, 2020
Italy to ban parties among new rules to curb COVID-19 - draft
ROME (Reuters) - Italy is set to ban private parties and limit the numbers of guests at weddings and funerals among new restrictions aimed at curbing a surge in coronavirus infections, according to a ...
Oct 12, 2020
