Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Croatia boosting help for coronavirus-hit economy
ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia said on Thursday it would widen the scope of financial support for its economy, allowing a shortening of the working week for some hard-hit firms, to soften the blow from th...
Jun 25, 2020
ADB approves $1.5 billion in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan COVID-19 loans
ALMATY (Reuters) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday approved a $1.0 billion assistance package to help Kazakhstan mitigate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and a similar $500 million...
Jun 25, 2020
Pope names administrator for Polish diocese hit by abuse allegations
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis appointed an administrator on Thursday to run the Polish diocese of Kalisz, whose bishop has been accused of shielding priests known to have sexually abused child...
Jun 25, 2020
China's May final commodities data by origins and destinations delayed
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China's General Administration of Customs did not publish detailed commodities trade data for May on its online database as of 7:30 p.m. local time (1130 GMT) on Thursday, June 2...
Jun 25, 2020
Brazil's Eletrobras under investigation for potential fraud: filing
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's power holding company Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA said federal police had launched a probe to investigate potential fraud at its subsidiary Eletronuclear, acc...
Jun 25, 2020
Ireland's Donohoe expected to join race for Eurogroup chair: source
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe is expected to put his name forward later on Thursday to join Spain's economy minister Nadia Calvino in the race to head the Eurogroup of 19 e...
Jun 25, 2020
LabCorp launches new antibody test for COVID-19
(Reuters) - LabCorp said on Thursday it has launched a new test that could assess the capacity of antibodies in patient plasma to inhibit the novel coronavirus. Information from the test about the dis...
Jun 25, 2020
Germany, France shore up political, financial aid to beleaguered WHO
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - France and Germany expressed political and financial backing for the World Health Organization (WHO) in its fight against the coronavirus on Thursday, with Berl...
Jun 25, 2020
Oil tanker quarantined in Antwerp after COVID-19 outbreak
(Reuters) - The Belgian port of Antwerp has quarantined a Maltese-flagged oil tanker until at least July 4 after more than half of its crew tested positive for COVID-19, the port authority said on Thu...
Jun 25, 2020
ECB found 'pragmatic' solution to German legal dispute, Rehn says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank found a "pragmatic and sensible" solution to its legal conflict with the German Constitutional Court, Finnish central banks chief Olli Rehn told German ...
Jun 25, 2020
