Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Qualcomm-backed firm releases processor as AI chip race heats up
(Reuters) - Kneron Inc, a semiconductor startup backed by venture capital arms of Qualcomm Inc and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, on Thursday announced a new chip aimed at handling artificial intelligence...
Aug 27, 2020
U.S. pending home sales rise for third straight month in July
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Contracts to buy U.S. previously owned homes increased for a third straight month in July as the housing market continues to outperform the broader economy, which has been hamme...
Aug 27, 2020
Dousing the flames: Israel battles Gaza fire balloon blazes
By Amir Cohen BE'ERI, Israel (Reuters) - In a burnt and blackened wheat field along the Gaza border, Israeli firefighters brave the dry summer heat to extinguish blazes caused by fire balloons launche...
Aug 27, 2020
Poland summons Belarus ambassador over 'unfounded accusations'
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland said on Thursday it had summoned the Belarus ambassador to protest at "unfounded accusations" after Belarusian media said President Alexander Lukashenko had accused Warsaw of...
Aug 27, 2020
Russia's finance ministry says Belarus yet to ask it for $1 billion loan refinancing: TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarus has not yet asked the Russian Finance Ministry to refinance a $1 billion loan, the ministry was quoted by TASS as saying on Thursday, shortly after the Belarusian leader sai...
Aug 27, 2020
BioNTech, China's Fosun to potentially supply 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
(Reuters) - German drug developer BioNTech SE on Thursday announced a potential deal with Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co Ltd to supply 10 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine candidate to H...
Aug 27, 2020
Chilean truckers start strike over insecurity in southern Araucania
By Aislinn Laing SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean truckers went on strike on Thursday in protest over violence affecting them in the country's restive Araucania province and the slow progress through cong...
Aug 27, 2020
White House's Meadows to discuss COVID-19 aid with Pelosi on Thursday: Bloomberg
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows will restart discussions about further COVID-19 relief legislation with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday, Bloomberg News repor...
Aug 27, 2020
For U.S. reopening, labor market wound is healing slowly
By Howard Schneider (Reuters) - Small business staffing, shifts worked at industries and job openings posted by companies continued a sluggish performance over the past week, evidence that the pandemi...
Aug 27, 2020
Pompeo says reported Chinese vessels near Galapagos 'deeply troubling'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday said reports of hundreds of Chinese vessels near the Galapagos Islands were "deeply troubling," following recent reports out of E...
Aug 27, 2020
