Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Oil prices to see little upside as virus threat looms large: Reuters poll
By Anjishnu Mondal and Eileen Soreng (Reuters) - Oil prices will stay near current levels this year as rising novel coronavirus cases threaten to slow the pace of demand recovery and counter output cu...
Thomson Reuters Sep 30, 2020
UK considered sending asylum seekers to south Atlantic, FT reports
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Britain considered a plan to send asylum seekers 4,000 miles away to holding centres on its remote overseas territories in the south Atlantic but the idea, describ...
Thomson Reuters Sep 30, 2020
Ex-FBI Director Comey to testify to U.S. Senate on Russia probe
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - Former FBI Director James Comey, one of the principal figures behind the U.S. investigation into links between Russia and President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign, will...
Thomson Reuters Sep 30, 2020
Slovak government approves state of emergency powers amid COVID spike
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovakia's government has approved a state of emergency, effective from Thursday, to help combat a spike in new coronavirus cases, Prime Minister Igor Matovic said on Facebook on We...
Thomson Reuters Sep 30, 2020
Ginseng piles up in Canada during pandemic despite Chinese demand
By Rod Nickel and Farah Master WINNIPEG, Manitoba/HONG KONG (Reuters) - The pandemic's crushing effect on international travel has grounded Canadian exports of ginseng, a root widely used in Asia to t...
Thomson Reuters Sep 30, 2020
Dollar outshining gold, beating yen in battle of safe havens
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Volatility across asset markets is fueling a bounce in the battered dollar, showcasing the currency's safe-haven status amid worries over growth abroad...
Thomson Reuters Sep 30, 2020
New Zealand's Ardern admits to cannabis use 'a long time ago'
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's ruling party leader Jacinda Ardern said she tried cannabis "a long time ago" when asked during a heated live debate on Wednesday ahead of the Oct ...
Thomson Reuters Sep 30, 2020
Exclusive: Deutsche Bank CEO to board: mergers not a focus now - sources
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank chief executive officer Christian Sewing told the lender's supervisory board he is not focused on bank mergers at the moment and is instead concentrating on the ban...
Thomson Reuters Sep 30, 2020
U.S., Taiwan to team up on infrastructure in pushback against China
TAIPEI (Reuters) - The United States and Taiwan will work together on infrastructure projects in the Indo-Pacific region and Latin America, officials said on Wednesday, in an implicit pushback for Chi...
Thomson Reuters Sep 30, 2020
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Vaccine hopes Results from an early safety study of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine candidate in older adults showed that it pro...
Thomson Reuters Sep 30, 2020
