Author Archives: Syndicated Content
End game for oil? OPEC prepares for an age of dwindling demand
By Alex Lawler LONDON (Reuters) - The coronavirus crisis may have triggered the long-anticipated tipping point in oil demand and it is focusing minds in OPEC. The pandemic drove down daily crude consu...
Jul 28, 2020
Peugeot maker PSA reaffirms margin goal after first half sales slide
PARIS (Reuters) - Peugeot maker PSA Group held on to its margin target despite a fall in profitability in the first half of 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic dented sales at the French group. PSA, w...
Jul 28, 2020
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Vaccine updates U.S. and company officials were hopeful on Monday that Moderna Inc's vaccine against COVID-19 could be ready f...
Jul 28, 2020
Golf: Villegas' 22-month-old daughter passes away
(Reuters) - Colombian golfer Camilo Villegas' 22-month-old daughter died on Sunday after battling tumours in her brain and spine, the PGA Tour said. Villegas, a four-time winner on the PGA Tour, confi...
Jul 28, 2020
Escape to North Korea: Defector at heart of COVID-19 case fled sex abuse investigation
By Hyonhee Shin, Sangmi Cha and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - Last week, a 24-year-old defector returned to North Korea the way he left in 2017, authorities say, but with a coronavirus pandemic raging ...
Jul 28, 2020
German exporters grow more optimistic as economy picks up: Ifo
BERLIN (Reuters) - Export expectations in Europe's largest economy rose to 6.9 points in July from -2.2 the previous month thanks to an economic recovery in many countries, the Ifo institute said on T...
Jul 28, 2020
New York concert to be investigated over 'egregious' social-distancing violations, Cuomo says
(Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday that health authorities would investigate a charity concert, which included performances by Goldman Sachs Group boss David Solomon and the Cha...
Jul 28, 2020
Georgia's governor, Atlanta's mayor to square off in court on mask wearing
By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) - A Georgia judge is scheduled on Tuesday to hear arguments in an emergency motion brought by Governor Brian Kemp to stop the city of Atlanta from enforcing a mandate t...
Jul 27, 2020
In China, airlines plug 'all you can fly' deals to pierce coronavirus clouds
BEIJING (Reuters) - China Southern Airlines on Tuesday rolled out an 'all you can fly' pass, becoming the latest in a fleet of cash-strapped carriers to join a promotional craze that analysts say has ...
Jul 27, 2020
South Korean statue showing Japan PM Abe bowing to 'comfort woman' draws Tokyo's ire
SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government reacted angrily on Tuesday to a statue in South Korea that appears to depict Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe kneeling and bowing to a "comfort woman,"...
Jul 27, 2020
