Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Honda to move some UK production back to Japan in 2021: Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co is planning to bring back to Japan some auto production from a plant in the United Kingdom that was already set to close, the Nikkei newspaper reported. Honda plans to...
Aug 25, 2020
Three killed, 41 wounded in Taliban truck bomb in Afghanistan
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents set off a truck bomb on Tuesday in an attack on Afghan army commandos, killing three people and wounding 41, the defence ministry said, despi...
Aug 25, 2020
UK local government pension group backs Rio Tinto CEO bonus cut
LONDON (Reuters) - A leading UK local government pension group said on Tuesday it backed a decision by Rio Tinto to cut the bonuses of some leading executives after the Juukan Gorge mining incident as...
Aug 25, 2020
Bright idea in Belgium: UV zappers to disinfect shopping carts
By Bart Biesemans BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Wiping down supermarket trolleys with disinfectant to prevent the spread of COVID-19 may soon be a thing of the past, at least in Belgium, where engineers have c...
Aug 25, 2020
Police arrest Thai activist over rally calling for reform of monarchy
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Police in Thailand said they had arrested human rights lawyer Anon Nampa for a third time this month on Tuesday, to charge him for sedition over his role in a political rally where...
Aug 25, 2020
Exclusive: Belarus won't introduce capital controls to stop rouble slide - central bank
By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK (Reuters) - The Belarusian central bank will not introduce capital controls to prevent the depreciation of the Belarusian rouble as these would be counterproductive, central ...
Aug 25, 2020
Finnair to cut up to 1,000 jobs
(Reuters) - Finnair plans to cut up to 1,000 jobs, about 15% of its workforce, while continuing long-term temporary layoffs for thousands in Finland, it said on Tuesday, citing the impact of the COVID...
Aug 25, 2020
Alibaba's Ant Group files for blockbuster dual listing in Hong Kong, Shanghai
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Ant Group, Alibaba's fintech arm and China's dominant mobile payments firm, on Tuesday filed for a dual listing in Hong Kong and on Shanghai's Nasdaq-style STAR Market which coul...
Aug 25, 2020
Former Bosnian Serb general Mladic appeals genocide conviction
By Toby Sterling THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic returned to a United Nations court on Tuesday to appeal his 2017 conviction for genocide and crimes against humanity...
Aug 25, 2020
German coalition agrees on insolvency freeze extension: Scholz
VIENNA (Reuters) - Germany's ruling coalition parties have reached an agreement on extending a freeze on insolvency filings but the details will only be announced later, Finance Minister Olaf Scholz s...
Aug 25, 2020
