Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Scottish support for independence rises as COVID-19 imperils the United Kingdom
By Andrew MacAskill HELENSBURGH, Scotland (Reuters) - James Henderson has spent most of his life fiercely opposed to Scottish independence. Now, reluctantly he is backing it. The 71-year-old former ma...
Jul 24, 2020
Editors, more than 50 journalists quit leading Hungarian news website
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Three editors of Hungary's leading independent news website Index.hu and more than 50 journalists resigned on Friday over the recent ousting of their editor-in-chief, which they s...
Jul 24, 2020
Drop in UK COVID infections has levelled off, statisticians say
LONDON (Reuters) - The number of people in Britain infected with COVID-19 has stopped falling, and now stands at around one in 2,000 people who are not in hospitals or care homes, the Office for Natio...
Jul 24, 2020
Wirecard scandal brings overhaul of EU fintech rules into sharper focus
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The collapse of German payments firm Wirecard has become a focal point for an overhaul of how the European Union regulates the finance industry as it evolves away from ...
Jul 24, 2020
Why COVID-19 is killing U.S. diabetes patients at alarming rates
By Chad Terhune, Deborah J. Nelson and Robin Respaut (Reuters) - Devon Brumfield could hear her father gasping for breath on the phone. Darrell Cager Sr., 64, had diabetes. So his youngest daughter ur...
Jul 24, 2020
China will not use property market as short-term stimulus: vice premier
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Vice Premier Han Zheng said on Friday that the government will not use the property market as a form of short-term stimulus to prop up the economy, state radio reported. Au...
Jul 24, 2020
Indonesia may return tax to companies amid pandemic: deputy finance minister
By Gayatri Suroyo and Maikel Jefriando JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia is considering returning tax paid by companies to support them during the coronavirus pandemic, the country's deputy finance minist...
Jul 24, 2020
Stock futures back off on U.S.-China frictions; Intel sinks
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures fell on Friday following heightened tensions between the United States and China, and as Intel's shares slumped after reporting a delay in a develop...
Jul 24, 2020
Trump's ex-lawyer Cohen expected to leave prison for home confinement
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen will return to his Manhattan apartment on Friday to finish his criminal sentence after a judge found he was imprisoned...
Jul 24, 2020
What is pooled testing for COVID-19 and how can it help fight the virus?
By Michael Erman NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. health officials including Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, have called for so-called pooled testing to diagnose COVID-19...
Jul 24, 2020
