Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Afghan forces launch counter assault after Taliban offensive overshadows talks
By Zainullah Stanekzai LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan security forces launched a counter offensive in the south against Taliban fighters, officials said on Tuesday, as fighting raged for ...
Oct 13, 2020
Germany slams Turkey for sending survey ship to eastern Mediterranean
NICOSIA (Reuters) - German foreign minister Heiko Maas criticized Turkey for sending a survey vessel back into controversial waters of the eastern Mediterranean, calling the unilateral move a blow to ...
Oct 13, 2020
Leading German institutes see 2020 GDP declining by less than in 2009: sources
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's leading economic research institutes see Europe's biggest economy shrinking less this year than it did in 2009 during the financial crisis, when GDP fell by 5.7%, sources ...
Oct 13, 2020
Kuroda says BOJ has no immediate plan to issue digital currency
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has no immediate plan to issue central bank digital currency (CBDC), Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Tuesday as financial leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) ad...
Oct 13, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court ends Democratic lawmakers' anti-corruption lawsuit against Trump
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday put an end to a lawsuit brought by congressional Democrats that accused President Donald Trump of violating anti-corruption provisions ...
Oct 13, 2020
Used vehicles lift U.S. consumer prices, but inflation slowing
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices increased for a fourth straight month in September, with the cost of cars and trucks rising by the most since 1969, though inflation is sl...
Oct 13, 2020
Ukraine extends coronavirus lockdown to December 31
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's government voted on Tuesday to extend until the end of the year a lockdown that Prime Minister Denys Shmygal told a televised cabinet meeting was aimed at containing a recen...
Oct 13, 2020
France trials no-swab COVID test with results in 40 minutes
By Michaela Cabrera PARIS (Reuters) - French researchers say they have had encouraging initial results from trials of a COVID-19 testing system that, they say, can deliver results in 40 minutes with n...
Oct 13, 2020
Myanmar centenarian shrugs off coronavirus, worries about grandchildren
By Zaw Naing Oo YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar centenarian Thein Khin not only beat the coronavirus, but barely knew she had it. Thein Khin, 100, tested positive for COVID-19 and was kept in an isolation ...
Oct 13, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs Planned Parenthood defunding case
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday turned away South Carolina's bid to cut off public funding to Planned Parenthood, the latest case involving a conservative state seeking t...
Oct 13, 2020
