Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EU watchdog calls for tax data sharing powers to combat fraud
LONDON (Reuters) - Securities and tax regulators should have new powers to share information for cracking down on fraudulent tax reclaim schemes, the European Union's markets watchdog said on Thursday...
Sep 24, 2020
A Hong Kong protester's farewell note and failed escape
By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - Wong Wai-yin's wife feared the worst after reading his short farewell letter. "I am sorry and thanks for accompanying me throughout the years," t...
Sep 24, 2020
'We're a tech company': Russia's Sberbank bets big on strategy shift
By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) - Sberbank , Russia's dominant lender, is planning one of the biggest reinventions in its 179-year history as it seeks to join the likes of Apple and Google in the...
Sep 24, 2020
Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong arrested for 2019 illegal assembly
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police arrested prominent democracy activist Joshua Wong on Thursday for participating in an unauthorised assembly in October 2019 and violating the city's anti-mask la...
Sep 24, 2020
Russia to supply 17 more countries with COVID-19 drug Avifavir
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's sovereign wealth fund and its partner Chemrar will supply the COVID-19 drug Avifavir to 17 additional countries, the fund said in a statement on Thursday. Avifavir gained a...
Sep 24, 2020
Russia reports 6,595 new coronavirus cases, 149 deaths
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Thursday reported 6,595 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, its highest daily increase since July 12. The authorities said 149 more people had died, bringing the o...
Sep 24, 2020
EU says Belarus' Lukashenko not legitimate president
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - President Alexander Lukashenko is not the legitimate president of Belarus, the European Union said on Thursday, saying his abrupt swearing-in on Wednesday went dir...
Sep 24, 2020
Ryanair to put UK staff on unpaid leave if furlough scheme dropped: CEO
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ryanair will put unneeded British staff on unpaid leave if the UK government does not provide a "proper" furlough scheme, Group Chief Executive Michael O'Leary said on Thursday, as ...
Sep 24, 2020
Myanmar’s ‘maximum containment’ COVID plan pushed to brink as virus surges
By Shoon Naing YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar has quarantined tens of thousands of people to prevent a coronavirus outbreak from overwhelming its fragile healthcare system but public health experts and do...
Sep 24, 2020
Portland police declare riot during protests after Breonna Taylor ruling
(Reuters) - Police in Portland, Oregon declared a riot late on Wednesday after protesters damaged a police building in unrest that followed the grand jury decision in the Breonna Taylor case. "To thos...
Sep 24, 2020
