Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pelosi, Mnuchin signal openness to resume COVID-19 aid talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday urged a restart of congressional talks on extending coronavirus aid, saying executive actions taken by President Donald Trump a day ear...
Aug 09, 2020
CanSino to start Phase III trial of COVID-19 vaccine in Saudi
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia will soon begin Phase III clinical trials on around 5,000 people for a COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's CanSino Biologics Inc, a Saudi health ministry spokesman sai...
Aug 09, 2020
India tea plantation landslide death toll rises to 43
By Jose Devasia KOCHI, India (Reuters) - The death toll from landslide at a tea plantation in the southern Indian state of Kerala rose to 43 on Sunday with nearly two dozen people feared trapped, a se...
Aug 09, 2020
Exclusive: India data-curb plan 'anathema', U.S. tech giants plan pushback
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's plan to regulate "non-personal" data has jolted U.S. tech giants Amazon, Facebook and Google, and a group representing them is preparing to push back agai...
Aug 09, 2020
HK's Analogue says does not see U.S. sanctions impacting firm
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Building services provider Analogue Holdings Ltd said on Sunday it did not believe sanctions imposed on Hong Kong Justice Secretary Teresa Cheng, spouse of its chairman, will imp...
Aug 09, 2020
'Like gold': Canadian canola prices spike as shippers find back door to China
By Rod Nickel and Hallie Gu WINNIPEG, Manitoba/BEIJING (Reuters) - Canadian canola prices have soared to the highest in nearly two years, despite a diplomatic dispute between Ottawa and Beijing, as ex...
Aug 09, 2020
Thai anti-government protesters hold rallies outside Bangkok
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Hundreds joined anti-government protests across Thailand on Sunday following a day of rallies in the country's capital where protesters were calling for new elections and constitio...
Aug 09, 2020
Afghan war victims say hope for peace comes at a price: forgiveness
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi and Ahmad Sultan KABUL/GERDAW VILLAGE, Afghanistan - At the age of 17, Mohammed Jafar married three women, widows of his three brothers killed in a suicide bombing in 2016 in Afg...
Aug 09, 2020
Briton Rose preparing for tight finish to PGA Championship
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Justin Rose expects a nervy final round at the PGA Championship on Sunday with a number of young players gunning for their first major, but the Briton did not rule out a surp...
Aug 09, 2020
GCC unites to seek U.N. extension of Iran arms embargo
DUBAI (Reuters) - The six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has asked the United Nations to extend an international arms embargo on Iran, a move pushed strongly by the United States. The secretari...
Aug 09, 2020
