Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Factbox: EU, UK deadlocked on three issues ahead of mid-Nov deadline in Brexit talks
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - British and EU negotiators need to find a compromise on the most persistent sticking points in their talks to protect a trillion dollars worth of annual trad...
Thomson Reuters Nov 05, 2020
English weekly COVID cases up 8%, contacts traced still at record lows
LONDON (Reuters) - Positive COVID-19 cases in England are up 8% on the previous week, the country's test and trace scheme said on Thursday, slower that the previous week's 23% rise, but the proportion...
Thomson Reuters Nov 05, 2020
Vatican report on disgraced ex U.S. cardinal McCarrick expected this month: sources
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A long-awaited Vatican report into disgraced ex-U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick is expected to be released this month to coincide with an annual meeting of...
Thomson Reuters Nov 05, 2020
Kosovo President Thaci resigns after war crimes indictment confirmed
PRISTINA (Reuters) - Kosovo President Hashim Thaci resigned with immediate effect on Thursday after learning that the Kosovo war crimes tribunal had confirmed his indictment for war crimes. "I resign ...
Thomson Reuters Nov 05, 2020
Airbnb to make IPO filing next week, braving COVID-19 surge: source
By Joshua Franklin (Reuters) - U.S. home rental company Airbnb Inc plans to make its initial public offering (IPO) registration public as early next week, setting course for a stock market debut next ...
Thomson Reuters Nov 05, 2020
Lloyd's of London ditches plan to create own electronic exchanges
By Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyd's of London has dropped ambitious plans to set up its own electronic exchanges and will work with other existing platforms instead to speed up the underwriting...
Thomson Reuters Nov 05, 2020
Bangladesh signs deal with India for 30 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh signed a deal with the Serum Institute of India on Thursday to buy 30 million doses of potential coronavirus vaccine being developed by British drugmaker AstraZeneca. Astr...
Thomson Reuters Nov 05, 2020
Canada's Bombardier profit drops on lower transportation demand
(Reuters) - Plane and train maker Bombardier Inc posted a 31% fall in third-quarter profit on Thursday, hurt by weak performance of its transportation unit due to COVID-19-driven disruptions. The Mont...
Thomson Reuters Nov 05, 2020
Doctor's self-funded test lab leads way in Somalia's COVID fight
By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Having scraped money together following medical studies abroad, Somali doctor Abdullahi Sheikdon Dini opened Mogadishu's first advanced diagnostic laboratory in Ja...
Thomson Reuters Nov 05, 2020
How billionaire Jack Ma fell to earth and took Ant's mega IPO with him
By Keith Zhai, Julie Zhu and Cheng Leng SINGAPORE/HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - They say talk is cheap. Tell that to Jack Ma. Corporate China's shiniest star was just days away from seeing his Ant Gro...
Thomson Reuters Nov 05, 2020
