Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive: Taliban, Afghan negotiators agree ground rules to continue peace talks
(Reuters) - Taliban officials and Afghan representatives have agreed on a code of conduct that sets ground rules to advance their peace talks in Doha, three official sources said on Tuesday. The deleg...
Oct 06, 2020
European Parliament set for tight vote on 'historic' climate law
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Lawmakers in the European Parliament expect a tight vote on Tuesday on the European Union's new climate target for 2030, with support splintered over the bloc's gre...
Oct 06, 2020
New pandemic wave could delay euro zone rebound, Lagarde says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A second wave of the coronavirus pandemic risks delaying the euro zone's economic recovery, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Tuesday. "We now fear that t...
Oct 06, 2020
Absent with leave: calls grow for BTS members to postpone or skip military service
By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) - Calls are mounting within South Korea for members of megaband BTS to be granted alternatives or delays to mandatory military service, with some lawmakers and fans argu...
Oct 06, 2020
Italy may make masks outdoors mandatory in virus fight, health minister says
ROME (Reuters) - Italy is considering making the use of masks outdoors mandatory nationwide to fight the spread of the coronavirus, Health Minister Roberto Speranza said on Tuesday. "We are working on...
Oct 06, 2020
Indonesia reports 4,056 new COVID-19 cases, 121 deaths
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia on Tuesday reported 4,056 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of infections to 311,176, data from the country's COVID-19 task force showed. Meanwhile, the nu...
Oct 06, 2020
China in talks with WHO over assessing its COVID-19 vaccines for global use
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China is in talks to have its locally-produced COVID-19 vaccines assessed by the World Health Organization, as a step toward making them available for international use, a WHO of...
Oct 06, 2020
Singapore's Temasek establishes new asset manager overseeing $55 billion
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore state investor Temasek Holding [TEM.UL] said on Tuesday that it has established a new asset management group that will have combined assets under management of about S$...
Oct 06, 2020
Euro zone bank profitability collapses in second quarter, ECB says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Profitability among the euro zone's biggest banks collapsed in the second quarter even as lenders still managed to keep their stock of non performing loans down, the European Cen...
Oct 06, 2020
Australian casino billionaire James Packer agrees he sent 'shameful' email threats
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian casino billionaire James Packer on Tuesday acknowledged sending threatening emails in 2015 to an unnamed person with whom he was working on taking Crown Res...
Oct 06, 2020
