Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Tesla has a shot at producing half a million cars in 2020: memo
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc has a chance at producing 500,000 cars this year, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk told employees, according to an internal mail viewed by Reuters. Reuters could not immediately...
Oct 07, 2020
As campus crumbles and students flee, Venezuela's main university struggles to survive COVID-19
By Vivian Sequera CARACAS (Reuters) - The corridors are empty and silent at the Central University of Venezuela (UCV), the country's oldest and largest institution of higher education, as the COVID-19...
Oct 07, 2020
StanChart cuts jobs in United Arab Emirates
LONDON (Reuters) - Standard Chartered is making some staff in its United Arab Emirates business redundant, a spokesman for the bank said on Wednesday. "In line with our commitment to transforming the ...
Oct 07, 2020
Britain examining how to reduce travel quarantine period using tests
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is urgently looking at ways to reduce the 14-day quarantine period which applies to some arriving passengers, transport minister Grant Shapps said on Wednesday, adding that ...
Oct 07, 2020
IOC to look into claims of Belarus athletes' discrimination
BERLIN (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is investigating claims by Belarus athletes they are being discriminated against because of their political views, IOC President Thomas Bac...
Oct 07, 2020
Nigerian, South Korean women through to final round in WTO chief race: sources
GENEVA (Reuters) - Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea's Yoo Myung-hee are through to the final round of selection for the next director-general of the World Trade Organization, three source...
Oct 07, 2020
Coronavirus may push 150 million people into extreme poverty: World Bank
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank said on Wednesday that the coronavirus pandemic could push as many as 150 million people into extreme poverty by the end of 2021, wiping out more than three years...
Oct 07, 2020
Factbox: Iga Swiatek v Nadia Podoroska
(Reuters) - A look at the key facts and records of Poland's Iga Swiatek and Argentina's Nadia Podoroska before their French Open semi-final on Thursday (prefix number denotes seeding): IGA SWIATEK Age...
Oct 07, 2020
Failed U.S. stimulus talks could threaten economic recovery
By Howard Schneider and Megan Davies WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House's sudden exit from fiscal stimulus talks with Democrats in Congress has added another level of doubt to a U.S. economic reco...
Oct 07, 2020
UK sees 'landing zone' for Brexit trade deal but tells EU to hurry up
By Guy Faulconbridge, Kate Holton and William James LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's chief Brexit negotiator said on Wednesday he saw a landing zone for a trade deal with the European Union but sought to ...
Oct 07, 2020
