Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Kim Jong Un says North Korea prevented coronavirus from making inroads: KCNA
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at an enlarged meeting of the politburo of the country's ruling Workers Party where he presided, said the North had thoroughly prevented the novel co...
Jul 02, 2020
Brazil coronavirus death toll reaches 61,884
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil registered 1,252 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of fatalities to 61,884, the Ministry of Health said on Thursday. Total confirmed ...
Jul 02, 2020
Portugal seals final deal with TAP's private shareholders
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's government sealed a final deal with private shareholders of ailing flag carrier TAP to take a controlling stake in the airline while avoiding nationalisation, ministers s...
Jul 02, 2020
The world should stand up to China over Hong Kong, activist Nathan Law says
LONDON (Reuters) - Hong Kong's fate shows China's true authoritarianism so the rest of the world should stand up to President Xi Jinping and start to put human rights above financial gain, pro-democra...
Jul 02, 2020
U.S. FDA approves GSK's HIV drug for patients with limited options
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved GlaxoSmithKline Plc's HIV drug, Rukobia, to treat adult patients who have run out of treatment options. The oral treatment from t...
Jul 02, 2020
Behave yourselves, UK PM Johnson warns as pub reopening nears
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson will urge Britons to act responsibly when pubs reopen this weekend, warning that businesses, livelihoods and the future of the whole economy depends on ...
Jul 02, 2020
Wirecard debt that facilitated Softbank investment put up for auction
By Abhinav Ramnarayan LONDON (Reuters) - Convertible bonds that were part of a complex transaction that allowed Japan's Softbank to buy a stake in now-collapsed payments company Wirecard and then de-r...
Jul 02, 2020
Flyers F Lindblom completes cancer treatments
Philadelphia Flyers forward Oskar Lindblom completed his treatments for bone cancer Thursday. To mark the occasion, the 23-year-old Swede rang a ceremonial bell at Abramson Cancer Center at the Hospit...
Jul 02, 2020
Steelmaker Outokumpu raises 125 million euros
(Reuters) - Outokumpu Oyj issued late on Thursday a convertible bond worth 125 million euros ($140 million), saying it was seeking to optimise its capital structure and extend its debt maturity profil...
Jul 02, 2020
MLB will be lucky to finish season amid virus surge: Manfred
While attempting to clarify comments he made a day earlier that caused a bit of a stir, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred on Thursday admitted the league will "be lucky" to play a full 60-game abbreviated ...
Jul 02, 2020
