Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Lithuanian opposition scents victory in run-off vote
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuanians returned to the polls on Sunday for the second round of a parliamentary election where the centre-right opposition expects victory as unemployment and ...
Thomson Reuters Oct 25, 2020
Italy orders bars and restaurants to close early as COVID rates surge
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy on Sunday ordered bars and restaurants to close by 6 p.m. and shut public gyms, cinemas and swimming pools to try to halt a rapid resurgence in the coronavirus that has pushed ...
Thomson Reuters Oct 25, 2020
Cenovus to buy Husky for $2.9 billion to create No.3 Canadian energy firm; more deals seen
By Ann Maria Shibu and Rod Nickel (Reuters) - Cenovus Energy Inc has agreed to buy rival Husky Energy Inc in an all-stock deal valued at C$3.8 billion ($2.9 billion) to create Canada's No. 3 oil and g...
Thomson Reuters Oct 25, 2020
Analysis: Fighting talk as besieged Thai loyalists try to rally
By Chayut Setboonsarng and Matthew Tostevin BANGKOK (Reuters) - #KingKeepFighting was the hashtag used by the embattled Thai prime minister's operations centre at the weekend on a Twitter post with pi...
Thomson Reuters Oct 25, 2020
Malaysia's king rejects PM Muhyiddin's request to impose emergency rule
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's king Al Sultan-Abdullah on Sunday rejected a proposal by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin for a state of emergency to be imposed because of the coronavirus crisis. T...
Thomson Reuters Oct 25, 2020
Israeli cabinet approves Bahrain accord, parliament vote pending
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet on Sunday approved Israel's normalisation accord with Bahrain, which now awaits parliamentary ratification, a cabinet statement said. ...
Thomson Reuters Oct 25, 2020
Cenovus to buy Husky for $2.9 billion to create No.3 Canadian energy firm; more deals seen
By Ann Maria Shibu (Reuters) - Cenovus Energy Inc has agreed to buy rival Husky Energy Inc in an all-stock deal valued at C$3.8 billion ($2.9 billion) to create Canada's No. 3 oil and gas producer as ...
Thomson Reuters Oct 25, 2020
Protesters return to Bangkok streets to pressure PM
By Panu Wongcha-um and Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thousands of people protested in the centre of Thailand's capital Bangkok on Sunday in the first demonstration since Prime Minister Prayu...
Thomson Reuters Oct 25, 2020
New fighting flares over Nagorno-Karabakh as Aliyev warns against Russian involvement
By Nailia Bagirova BAKU (Reuters) - New fighting erupted between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces on Sunday over the mountainous enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh as both sides blamed each other for bl...
Thomson Reuters Oct 25, 2020
A good chance we can get a deal with EU, says UK minister Lewis
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and the European Union have a good chance of striking a deal on future relations, the British government's Northern Ireland minister Brandon Lewis said on Sunday. The United...
Thomson Reuters Oct 25, 2020
