Author Archives: Syndicated Content
New COVID-19 cases in Netherlands jump by almost 10,000 - data
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The number of new coronavirus infections in the Netherlands has jumped by almost 10,000 in the past 24 hours, data released by national health authoriites showed on Sunday, marki...
Dec 13, 2020
About 70 anti-Lukashenko protesters detained in Belarus - rights group
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Police in Belarus detained about 70 of demonstrators at a Sunday march, the Belarusian rights group Viasna-96 (Spring-96) said, as weekly protests demanding the resignation of veter...
Dec 13, 2020
Golf-Westwood crowned European number one, Fitzpatrick wins in Dubai
(Reuters) - Englishman Lee Westwood was crowned Europe's number one golfer for the third time in his career with a second-placed finish on Sunday behind compatriot Matthew Fitzpatrick, who won the Eur...
Dec 13, 2020
McLaren optimistic on prospects for Automotive, says Walsh
LONDON (Reuters) - The McLaren Group is optimistic about the prospects for its luxury sportscar maker after the COVID-19 pandemic dealt a big hit to revenues this year, executive chairman Paul Walsh s...
Dec 13, 2020
Sudanese PM arrives in Ethiopia with offer to mediate in Tigray
By Khalid Abdelaziz ADDIS ABABA/KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok arrived in Ethiopia on Sunday with what a senior Sudanese government source said was an offer to mediate in t...
Dec 13, 2020
Bank of Israel to offer non-bank credit deals to COVID-hit small businesses
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Bank of Israel said on Sunday it would start offering repo transactions with supervised non-bank credit providers to increase the supply of credit to very sm...
Dec 13, 2020
Vodafone towers spinoff Vantage eyes growth, open to bigger deals - CEO
By Douglas Busvine and Nadine Schimroszik BERLIN (Reuters) - The telecoms infrastructure business spun out by Britain's Vodafone is ready to join the dealmaking fray in Europe but even with its existi...
Dec 13, 2020
UAE, Israel export credit agencies sign agreement to boost trade
DUBAI (Reuters) - The export credit agencies of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel have signed a cooperation agreement to develop economic relations between the two countries, the UAE's state n...
Dec 13, 2020
Swiss hospitals implore health minister to tighten coronavirus restrictions
ZURICH (Reuters) - The directors of five of Switzerland's largest hospitals have written to the health minister asking for urgent measures to reduce coronavirus infections, the SonntagsZeitung newspap...
Dec 13, 2020
Iran summons German ambassador over EU criticism of journalist's execution - media
(Reuters) - Iran has summoned the ambassador of Germany, current holder of the European Union's rotating presidency, over EU criticism of the execution of an Iranian journalist, Iranian media reported...
Dec 13, 2020
