Author Archives: Syndicated Content
'Falling off a cliff': Lebanon's poor borrow to buy bread
By Laila Bassam and Yara Abi Nader TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - For Amer al Dahn, the idea of eating meat is now a dream. Today, he can't even afford bread and depends on credit from the local grocer ...
Jul 03, 2020
UK in talks to join EU's coronavirus vaccine scheme - FT, citing UK officials
LONDON (Reuters) - The UK is in talks to join a European Union plan to secure supplies of potential coronavirus vaccines, in a test of the cooperation required to tackle international emergencies afte...
Jul 03, 2020
'Don't give up hope' in fighting viruses, says 'cured' London AIDS patient
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - A previously HIV-positive man who is only the second known adult worldwide to be "functionally cured" of HIV called on Friday for people living with the AIDS-causing...
Jul 03, 2020
Australia strips Belgium's 'evil tyrant' Leopold from name of mountains
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia has renamed its King Leopold mountain ranges Wunaamin Miliwundi, replacing the name of a Belgian ruler known for his brutal colonisation of Africa with traditional name...
Jul 03, 2020
Rolls-Royce reviewing balance sheet options after COVID-19 hit
LONDON (Reuters) - British aerospace engineer Rolls-Royce said on Friday it was reviewing a range of options to strengthen its balance sheet and position itself for recovery after the COVID-19 pandemi...
Jul 03, 2020
Armed man who rammed gate near Canada PM Trudeau's residence acted alone - police
OTTAWA (Reuters) - An armed member of the Canadian military who drove a truck through gates protecting the part of Ottawa where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lives was acting alone and now faces numer...
Jul 03, 2020
Spanish minister says all EU COVID-19 debt will be repaid
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Economy Minister Nadia Calvino said on Friday that all the debt issued by the European Union to help its member states deal with the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis will...
Jul 03, 2020
Ukraine central bank chief: I quit over smears and pressure to take bad decisions
By Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's Central Bank Governor Yakiv Smoliy said on Friday he had quit to register a protest against sustained pressure from the government and politicians to take ...
Jul 03, 2020
Slovenia's ruling coalition agrees cooperation with opposition
By Marja Novak LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Slovenia's centre-right ruling coalition sought on Friday to strengthen its tiny majority as it steers a recovery from economic woes caused by coronavirus, signing...
Jul 03, 2020
MH17 crash trial grants defence investigation into alternative scenarios
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Judges in the trial of suspects in the 2014 downing of a Malaysia Airlines flight over Eastern Ukraine on Friday accepted a defence request that an investigator examine possible ...
Jul 03, 2020
