Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pandemic shows need to rework bank capital buffers, says EU
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted flaws in the process by which banks can draw down from their capital buffers in a crisis to avoid crimping the flow of credit, a s...
Oct 01, 2020
U.S. says won't hesitate to act against threats to personnel in Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will not hesitate to act to protect its personnel in Iraq, where it considers Iranian-backed militias that have attacked U.S. targets to be the country's "sing...
Oct 01, 2020
Over 1,000 U.S.-bound Hondurans cross illegally into Guatemala
By Sofia Menchu and Gustavo Palencia GUATEMALA CITY/TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - More than 1,000 Honduran migrants bidding to reach the United States on Thursday burst through a border security cordon to e...
Oct 01, 2020
Britain's National Health Service targets net zero emissions by 2040
By Matthew Green LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's National Health Service pledged on Thursday to become the world's first healthcare system to cut carbon emissions to net zero, hoping to achieve that by 2...
Oct 01, 2020
Libyan professor also mends cars and sells dates to make ends meet
MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) - When he is not teaching Arabic at Misrata University, professor Omar Mesbah al-Maghreby manages a car repair workshop in the garage of his home in northern Libya and spends ...
Oct 01, 2020
U.S. charges BitMEX cryptocurrency executives with violating Bank Secrecy Act
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Thursday filed criminal charges accusing four founders and executives of the BitMEX cryptocurrency derivatives exchange of failing to take sufficient steps to ...
Oct 01, 2020
Coronavirus positivity rate in 20 New York 'hot spots' rises to 6.5%
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The rate of positive coronavirus tests in 20 New York "hot spot" ZIP codes rose to 6.5% from 5.5% the day before, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo told reporters on Thursday. The ov...
Oct 01, 2020
Israel's Mossad head meets top Bahrain security officials: BNA agency
DUBAI (Reuters) - The head of Israel's foreign intelligence service Mossad met Bahrain's heads of national intelligence and strategic security during a visit to Bahrain on Wednesday, Bahrain's state n...
Oct 01, 2020
LPGA tweaks Tour Championship format
The LPGA modified the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship, expanding the field and eliminating the 36-hole cut. The tour announced the changes Thursday to the $3 million 72-hole tournament, sche...
Oct 01, 2020
UK court to give decision on Assange's U.S. extradition on Jan. 4
LONDON (Reuters) - A British judge said on Thursday she would give her decision on Jan. 4, 2021, on whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to the United States to face charges i...
Oct 01, 2020
