Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EU criticises China for jailing citizen-journalist who reported on COVID
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union on Tuesday criticised the jailing of a citizen-journalist in China who reported on the early outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic from Wuhan. A Chinese court ha...
Dec 29, 2020
China's Yahua agrees five-year deal to supply lithium to Tesla
(Reuters) - China's Sichuan Yahua Industrial Group Co Ltd said on Tuesday it had signed a deal to supply battery-grade lithium hydroxide to U.S. electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Inc for the next fi...
Dec 29, 2020
French fashion designer Pierre Cardin dies at 98
PARIS (Reuters) - French designer Pierre Cardin, who upended fashion styles in the 1960s and 70s with futuristic looks, has died at the age of 98, France's Fine Arts Academy said in a statement on Twi...
Dec 29, 2020
Futures at record levels on fiscal aid relief, vaccine optimism
By Devik Jain (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures scaled all-time highs on Tuesday as bets that fiscal aid will speed up a vaccine-led recovery in the economy boosted sentiment in the final days of t...
Dec 29, 2020
Spanish police find Nazi memorabilia stash as they arrest suspected arms traffickers
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police found a warehouse full of Nazi memorabilia as they arrested three suspected leaders of an international arms ring that sold guns to drug traffickers along the Costa d...
Dec 29, 2020
Investment banking from home thrived under COVID-19, but some fear losing their touch
By David French, Matt Scuffham, Krystal Hu and Imani Moise NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cary Kochman kicked off a sale process for U.S. printing services provider InnerWorkings Inc just as lockdowns to limit ...
Dec 29, 2020
Wealthy hospitals rake in U.S. disaster aid for COVID-19 costs
By Chad Terhune (Reuters) - After collecting billions of dollars in U.S. coronavirus aid, many of the nation's wealthiest nonprofit hospitals are now tapping into disaster relief funds that critics sa...
Dec 29, 2020
Thousands march against Nepal PM's dissolution of parliament
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Thousands of opponents of Nepal's Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli marched through the streets of Kathmandu on Tuesday urging him to reverse his decision to dissolv...
Dec 29, 2020
Argentina's senate poised to vote on legalizing abortion, rare in region
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina was on the cusp of legalizing abortion on Tuesday over the objections of its influential Roman Catholic Church, with the senate preparing to vote on a measure that h...
Dec 29, 2020
Turkish-Russian ties not an alternative to NATO, EU - minister
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's relations with Russia are not an alternative to its ties with NATO and the European Union, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a joint news conference with his R...
Dec 29, 2020
