Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Caixabank and Bankia announce creation of biggest Spanish bank
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Caixabank on Friday announced the terms of the acquisition of state-owned lender Bankia in an all-in share deal that will create Spain's biggest domestic bank with around 60...
Thomson Reuters Sep 18, 2020
Australia to ease border limits and allow more citizens home
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia said on Friday it would increase the number of citizens allowed to return home each week to 6,000 as it manages to get new COVID-19 infections under control. Prime Mini...
Thomson Reuters Sep 18, 2020
Czech Republic exceeds 3,000 daily COVID-19 cases for first time
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic's new COVID-19 infections accelerated as it reported more than 3,000 cases in a single day for the first time on Friday, a day after the daily tally first exceede...
Thomson Reuters Sep 18, 2020
Van Vleuten out of Giro Rosa, Road World Championships with broken wrist
(Reuters) - Dutchwoman Annemiek van Vleuten will not defend her UCI Road World Championships crown in Imola next week after she sustained a broken wrist in a crash while riding for Mitchelton-Scott at...
Thomson Reuters Sep 17, 2020
Japan sending team to probe Mauritius ship grounding
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan said on Friday it will send a five-person team to Mauritius to investigate the grounding of a Japanese-owned ship off the country's coast that led to an environmental crisis. A...
Thomson Reuters Sep 17, 2020
India's coronavirus cases rise to 5.2 million, with 96,424 new infections
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India recorded 96,424 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, taking its tally to 5.2 million, data from the federal health ministry showed on Friday. India has been postin...
Thomson Reuters Sep 17, 2020
Japan's 'Suganomics' will target quick wins, not grand visions
By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's new prime minister will pursue economic structural reforms through a mixed bag of policies that target specific industries, rather than ...
Thomson Reuters Sep 17, 2020
Wolff inspired by Morikawa's success as he eyes first major
(Reuters) - Matthew Wolff says watching Collin Morikawa win his maiden major at last month's PGA Championship had given him belief that he too can get his hands on one of golf's most iconic trophies. ...
Thomson Reuters Sep 17, 2020
In bumpy U.N. dealings, Trump found backing on North Korea, isolation on Iran
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Though famously skeptical of the United Nations, U.S. President Donald Trump harnessed its collective power to impose crushing sanctions on North Korea i...
Thomson Reuters Sep 17, 2020
EU travel industry steps up quarantine pushback
By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Leaders of Europe's coronavirus-stricken travel and tourism industries have appealed to the EU's chief executive to press governments to end quarantine requireme...
Thomson Reuters Sep 17, 2020
