Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Kyrgyz ex-president sentenced to 11 years in prison
BISHKEK (Reuters) - A court in Kyrgyzstan sentenced former president Almazbek Atambayev to 11 years and two months in prison on Tuesday on corruption charges, which he denies. The court found Atambaye...
Jun 23, 2020
Former South Africa president Zuma appears in court for resumed graft trial
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma appeared in court on Tuesday to face multiple charges of racketeering, fraud, corruption and money laundering, as a decade-old trial...
Jun 23, 2020
Germany imposes local lockdown after virus outbreak at meat plant
BERLIN (Reuters) - The premier of the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia said on Tuesday he was putting the Guetersloh area back into lockdown until June 30 after a coronavirus outbreak at...
Jun 23, 2020
Saudi pressures former intelligence official’s family, seeks access to documents
LONDON (Reuters) - As Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman moved to tighten his grip on power over the past few years, detaining senior royals and opponents, one person has eluded him: a former top-...
Jun 23, 2020
Fund giant BlackRock 'warming up' to European assets
LONDON (Reuters) - BlackRock's Investment Institute said on Tuesday it was "warming up" to European assets following what it called the eurozone's "impressive" efforts to tackle the coronavirus. The r...
Jun 23, 2020
U.S. Republican lawmakers urge Trump to reconsider Germany troop reduction plan
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of Republican lawmakers in the House of Representatives urged President Donald Trump on Tuesday to reconsider his decision to cut the number of U.S....
Jun 23, 2020
Rising French corporate debt straining balance sheets: central bank
PARIS (Reuters) - Rising French corporate debt could leave firms struggling to survive and saddle banks with dud loans, the central bank said on Tuesday in its biannual financial risk report. French c...
Jun 23, 2020
Banks to cut office space in London after COVID, minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - Some banks will cut office space in London's financial district as they "reset" their operations following the COVID-19 pandemic, Britain's financial services minister said on Tuesd...
Jun 23, 2020
Pig trial of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine shows promise with two shots
LONDON (Reuters) - A trial of AstraZeneca's experimental COVID-19 vaccine in pigs has found that two doses of the Oxford University-developed shot produced a greater antibody response than a single do...
Jun 23, 2020
UK grocery sales surge as Britons shop online, locally during lockdown
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - Grocery sales in Britain surged 18.9% in the four weeks to June 14, driven by the popularity of online and convenience stores during the coronavirus lockdown, industr...
Jun 23, 2020
