Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Afghan president orders troops to switch to 'offensive' stance after attacks
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Tuesday he was ordering the military to move to 'offensive mode', away from a defensive stance it had taken as part of efforts to reduce violenc...
Thomson Reuters May 12, 2020
Turkey says UAE spreading chaos in Middle East
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey accused the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday of bringing chaos to the Middle East through its interventions in Libya and Yemen, allegations which are likely to inflame tensi...
Thomson Reuters May 12, 2020
Chinese coronavirus vaccine could be tested, manufactured in Canada
TORONTO (Reuters) - China's CanSino Biologics Inc, the company behind one of the few coronavirus vaccine candidates already in clinical trials, is collaborating with Canada's National Research Council...
Thomson Reuters May 12, 2020
India's Modi announces $266 billion economic package after coronavirus hit
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 20 trillion rupee ($266 billion) support package for India's economy on Tuesday to help mitigate the damage caused by the novel coronavir...
Thomson Reuters May 12, 2020
Uber approaches GrubHub with takeover offer: Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc has made an offer to buy online food delivery company GrubHub Inc , Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. The two companies are currently in talks about a deal and coul...
Thomson Reuters May 12, 2020
Exclusive: OPEC+ wants to maintain oil output cuts beyond June - sources
By Rania El Gamal, Ahmad Ghaddar and Alex Lawler DUBAI/LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - OPEC and its allies want to maintain existing oil cuts beyond June when the OPEC+ group is next due to meet to shore up...
Thomson Reuters May 12, 2020
Electric car sales in Europe jump, but still just 4% of market
By Edward Taylor FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Registrations of electric cars in Europe jumped 57.4% in the first quarter of 2020, but still only accounted for 4.3% of total registrations, auto industry data ...
Thomson Reuters May 12, 2020
Barkin: 'Little bit of money' from new facilities could keep corporate markets settled
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The theory behind the Fed's new corporate credit facilities is that a relatively small investment would keep private trading on track after it began to falter in late March, Ric...
Thomson Reuters May 12, 2020
Luckin Coffee sacks CEO, COO following accounting probe
(Reuters) - Chinese coffee chain Luckin Coffee Inc fired its chief executive and chief operating officers following an internal probe on fabrication of annual sales numbers, the company said https://b...
Thomson Reuters May 12, 2020
Orthodox pilgrims in Montenegro visit tomb despite coronavirus scare
By Stevo Vasiljevic OSTROG, Montenegro (Reuters) - Hundreds of Serbian Orthodox pilgrims used hand sanitiser and wore face masks as they entered the Ostrog Monastery on Tuesday, although some flouted ...
Thomson Reuters May 12, 2020
