Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Democratic presidential hopeful Bloomberg calls for tighter financial industry regulations
By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday proposed a raft of new regulations aimed at Wall Street, including a financial transactions tax of
By Joseph Ax Feb 18, 2020
China sees fall in coronavirus deaths but WHO urges caution
By Ryan Woo and Samuel Shen BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China reported its fewest new infections of coronavirus since January and its fewest deaths for a week, but the World Health Organization said
By Ryan Woo and Samuel Shen Feb 18, 2020
Philippine workers allowed to travel to Hong Kong, Macau amid virus fear
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines on Tuesday allowed Filipino workers to travel to Hong Kong and Macau, relaxing the travel ban it imposed on China and its special administrative regions to control
Reuters Feb 18, 2020
Bloomberg has barbs at the ready for his first 2020 debate
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When Michael Bloomberg steps onto the Democratic debate stage for the first time on Wednesday, he will be ready to dismiss rivals like Joe Biden, who as vice
By Jason Lange Feb 18, 2020
Trump calls for all cases stemming from Mueller probe to be 'thrown out'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday called for all cases stemming from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election to be "
Reuters Feb 18, 2020
China sees fall in coronavirus deaths but WHO urges caution
By Ryan Woo and Samuel Shen BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China reported its fewest new infections of coronavirus since January and its fewest deaths for a week, but the World Health Organization said
By Ryan Woo and Samuel Shen Feb 18, 2020
Engineer given six years in prison over Latvian supermarket collapse
Riga (Reuters) - A Latvian construction engineer was sentenced to six years in prison on Tuesday over the 2013 collapse of a supermarket that killed 54 people, the country's worst disaster since
Reuters Feb 18, 2020
EU lists Cayman Islands, Panama as tax havens, spares Turkey
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union finance ministers added Panama, the Seychelles, the Cayman Islands and Palau to the EU's blacklist of tax havens, while giving Turkey more
By Francesco Guarascio Feb 18, 2020
Croatia's new president Milanovic takes office, urges solidarity
By Igor Ilic ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia's new president Zoran Milanovic urged more solidarity in society as he formally took office on Tuesday, and called for vigilance against populist approaches to
By Igor Ilic Feb 18, 2020
Ashraf Ghani declared winner of Afghan presidential poll
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi and Orooj Hakimi KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's election body declared Ashraf Ghani the winner of the 2019 presidential poll on Tuesday, almost five months after voting took
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi and Orooj Hakimi Feb 18, 2020