Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Rising Games costs are a result of IOC's reform delay: study
By Karolos Grohmann ATHENS (Reuters) - The Olympic Games' cost overruns in recent decades are a result of the International Olympic Committee's delay in undertaking deep reforms, and it is now paying ...
Sep 08, 2020
Head of UK government's legal department quits over Brexit deal threat: FT
LONDON (Reuters) - The head of the British government's legal department has quit over suggestions that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is threatening to override the Brexit divorce deal with the Europea...
Sep 08, 2020
EU aims for strategic economic autonomy after COVID pandemic
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union wants to reposition its economy to become more independent from global powers like Asia and the United States in the production medicines and processors, the ch...
Sep 08, 2020
Europe has a diesel problem; refiners are feeling the heat
By Ahmad Ghaddar, Julia Payne and Shadia Nasralla LONDON/GENEVA (Reuters) - Europe, one of the world's biggest diesel consumers, faces a major glut which combined with weak demand is weighing heavily ...
Sep 08, 2020
No need for political discussion over Nord Stream 2 project: Ifax cites Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Tuesday said there was no need for political discussions on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, describing it as a largely commercial international project, the Interfax ...
Sep 08, 2020
Factbox: Continuity and reforms: Japan PM hopeful Suga's key policies
By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga and two other candidates officially started their campaigns on Tuesday to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as the...
Sep 08, 2020
South Korea's Celltrion to begin commercial production of COVID-19 antibody drug
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Celltrion Inc will begin commercial production of its experimental treatment for COVID-19 this month, it said on Tuesday, as it pushes ahead with clinical...
Sep 08, 2020
Competition watchdog blocks Lloyds' unfair treatment of COVID-19-hit firms
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's competition watchdog has stopped Lloyds Banking Group from forcing small business customers hit by the COVID-19 pandemic to open business current accounts to access emerge...
Sep 08, 2020
Khashoggi trial fell short on transparency, accountability: U.N. rights office
GENEVA (Reuters) - The Saudi trial into the killing of critic Jamal Khashoggi has lacked transparency and fallen short on assigning accountability for the crime, the U.N. human rights office said on T...
Sep 08, 2020
Euro zone GDP revised up, but still a record drop
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The euro zone economy declined by slightly less than initially estimated in the second quarter, but the drop was still the sharpest ever as consumer spending caved in due to COVID...
Sep 08, 2020
