Author Archives: Syndicated Content
High road at Chilling: India builds Himalayan bridges and highways to match China
By Devjyot Ghoshal CHILLING, India(Reuters) - Ligen Eliyas deftly turns the excavator's hydraulic arm to push a huge boulder into the Zanskar river below in a cloud of dust, clearing another bit of la...
Sep 29, 2020
Swatch shuts down some technology systems after cyberattack
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swatch Group shut down some of its technology systems after detecting a cyberattack over the weekend, the world's biggest watchmaker said on Tuesday. "Swatch Group confirms that it ...
Sep 29, 2020
New Thai army chief pledges defence of monarchy
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's new army chief pledged on Tuesday to follow his predecessor, who has taken a hard line against anti-government groups and he emphasised the importance of protecting the ...
Sep 29, 2020
Nine in ten recovered COVID-19 patients experience side-effects, study shows
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - Nine in ten coronavirus patients reported experiencing side-effects such as fatigue, psychological after-effects and loss of smell and taste after they recovered from t...
Sep 29, 2020
UK mortgages hit 13 year-high but consumers curb other borrowing
LONDON (Reuters) - British mortgage approvals hit their highest in almost 13 years in August, underscoring the scale of the post-lockdown bounce-back in the housing market, but consumers turned more c...
Sep 29, 2020
UniCredit names co-CFO Bianchi as head of wealth management
MILAN (Reuters) - UniCredit said on Tuesday it had appointed Mirko Bianchi, currently co-chief financial officer, to lead the group's wealth management and private banking business, in the latest mana...
Sep 29, 2020
India's Serum Institute to make an additional 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Serum Institute of India said on Tuesday it would get a further $150 million in funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the GAVI vaccines alliance to make an additio...
Sep 29, 2020
CEO of Lufthansa airline Swiss to step down
ZURICH (Reuters) - The head of Lufthansa-owned airline Swiss International will step down at the end of 2020, Swiss said on Tuesday, with a successor yet to be determined. "Thomas Klhr, who has been C...
Sep 29, 2020
Keep shark tooth, Malta tells Britain's Prince George
VALLETTA (Reuters) - Malta, making a rapid U-turn, said on Tuesday Britain's Prince George was welcome to keep a fossilised shark tooth that was given to him by veteran naturalist Sir David Attenborou...
Sep 29, 2020
Philippines accuses Facebook of censoring pro-government content
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines accused Facebook on Tuesday of censoring pro-government content which it said was tantamount to curtailing freedom of speech and called for new measures to regulate ...
Sep 29, 2020
