Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Lithuania blocks millions of euros of EU funding to Belarus: official
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania has blocked 5.8 million euros ($6.83 million) in payments to Belarus for an EU-funded cross-border development programme, fearing the money could be misu...
Oct 07, 2020
UK's Gove says cause for 'steady optimism' in EU talks
LONDON (Reuters) - British minister Michael Gove said he was optimistic about negotiations with the European Union on a future trade deal, and that he was hopeful and confident of making progress. "Ne...
Oct 07, 2020
Wanted: global digital tax push after pandemic, U.S. vote stall talks
By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) - Negotiators from nearly 140 countries will ask Washington and its G20 partners this week to reaffirm political support for global rules to tax digital giants after th...
Oct 07, 2020
Factbox: Control of U.S. Senate at play in 10 key competitive races
(Reuters) - This year's election year battle for control of the U.S. Senate is intensifying, as Republicans prepare to push through President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee in the closing weeks ...
Oct 07, 2020
Pipeline is bare: more funding needed to develop new COVID-19 drugs - Wellcome
LONDON (Reuters) - More funding is needed to develop new therapies to treat COVID-19, officials at global health charity Wellcome said on Wednesday as they warned about the low pipeline of drugs to cu...
Oct 07, 2020
UK's Frost says landing zone for EU deal clear in many areas
LONDON (Reuters) - There is a clear landing zone in many areas for a deal between Britain and the European Union but the details are not fully pinned down yet, Britain's chief negotiator David Frost s...
Oct 07, 2020
India's TCS announces up to $2.2 billion buyback, second quarter profit falls
By Philip George BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's top software exporter Tata Consultancy Services said on Wednesday it would buy back shares worth up to 160 billion rupees ($2.18 billion), and reported a...
Oct 07, 2020
After months of confidence, Netherlands wakes up to Covid surge
By Bart H. Meijer AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Until recently, the Netherlands was so comfortable with its test-and-trace plan for a second wave of coronavirus infections that it thought there was no need to...
Oct 07, 2020
Tokyo organisers to save over $280 million with 'simplification' measures
By Jack Tarrant TOKYO (Reuters) - Organisers of the rearranged Tokyo Olympics announced on Wednesday that they will be introducing cost-cutting measures to save 30 billion yen ($283 million) as they p...
Oct 07, 2020
U.N. to step up rights work in Philippines after drug war killings
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The Philippines pledged on Wednesday to cooperate with the United Nations on human rights issues after U.N. investigators documented tens of thousands of killin...
Oct 07, 2020
