Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Gifted young Afghan returnee is victim of campaign attacking civil society
By Hamid Shalizi and Abdul Qadir Sediqi KABUL (Reuters) - Twenty-four-year-old Fatima Khalil, known as Natasha, was a shining example of young, progressive Afghanistan. Born a refugee in Quetta, Pakis...
Jun 30, 2020
Air Canada to suspend flights on 30 domestic routes due to pandemic hit
(Reuters) - Air Canada said on Tuesday it would suspend flights on 30 domestic routes hit by persistent weak travel demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The carrier forecast third-quarter capacity wou...
Jun 30, 2020
Irish unemployment falls, spending on the rise
By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish debit and credit card spending stood just 4% lower year-on-year last week, even as separate data on Tuesday reflecting the gradual reopening of the economy s...
Jun 30, 2020
Brazil's Guedes says he likes idea of a transactions tax
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Tuesday he is sympathetic to implementing a transactions tax as it is simple and can help keep value-added tax, or VAT, low. Address...
Jun 30, 2020
FIFA bans former top official Kattner for 10 years
(Reuters) - Soccer's world governing body FIFA has banned Markus Kattner, a former leading official in the Zurich organisation, for 10 years and has fined him one million Swiss francs ($1.06 million) ...
Jun 30, 2020
Italy to hike 2020 budget deficit to around 11.6% of GDP: source
By Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) - Italy will raise its 2020 budget deficit to around 11.6% of gross domestic product from the current 10.4% goal, a senior government official told Reuters, as Rome re...
Jun 30, 2020
First coronavirus case found in sprawling migrant camp at U.S. border
By Julia Love MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - An asylum seeker has tested positive for coronavirus in a sprawling encampment steps from the U.S. border in Matamoros, Mexico, underscoring the challenges migran...
Jun 30, 2020
Dubai's economy shrank by 3.5% year-on-year in first-quarter amid coronavirus crisis
DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai's real gross domestic product shrank by 3.5% year-on-year in the first quarter, the government's media office said in a statement on Tuesday. Citing data from the emirate's sta...
Jun 30, 2020
Deutsche Bank: dollar selloff has further to go, sees Bund yields higher
LONDON (Reuters) - A sell off in the U.S. dollar has further to go, Deutsche Bank said in a report on Tuesday, forecasting the euro could rally to $1.15 by year-end and $1.20 by the end of 2021. Europ...
Jun 30, 2020
Germany to dissolve special forces unit over far-right links
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's defence minister plans to disband a company of its elite KSK special forces in a effort to purge them of a persistent problem of far-right extremism, a ministry document o...
Jun 30, 2020
