Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EU lawmakers reject banking watchdog candidate for second time
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - A panel of European Union lawmakers has rejected the candidate for executive director of the bloc's banking watchdog for a second time in a bid to attract more women to...
Jul 03, 2020
Dutch PM Rutte: no necessity to reach European recovery fund deal at July meeting
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Friday that he saw no urgency to reach an agreement on the European Recovery Fund during an EU leaders' meeting set for July 17. "It is not a...
Jul 03, 2020
Turkey's Erdogan rejects criticism over status of Hagia Sophia
ANKARA (Reuters) - Criticism of Turkey over the possible conversion of Istanbul's landmark Hagia Sophia monument from a museum to a mosque "is an attack on Turkey's sovereignty", President Tayyip Erdo...
Jul 03, 2020
Canada's strict border closures shut out Hong Kong asylum seekers even as interest spikes
By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) - Hong Kong's new security law has prompted a sharp uptick in inquiries from families looking to relocate to Canada, but Ottawa's strict COVID-19 border control measur...
Jul 03, 2020
Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina get best marks in Latin America for pandemic response - poll
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina are the Latin American countries that earned the best grades for their response to the coronavirus, according to a poll conducted in the region...
Jul 03, 2020
Audi, EnBW to turn electric car batteries into grid support tools
By Vera Eckert FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German carmaker Audi and utility EnBW are setting up an electric car battery operation at EnBW's Heilbronn plant to build scaleable storage facilities by the end o...
Jul 03, 2020
Daimler's Mercedes-Benz to streamline global production network
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Daimler's Mercedes-Benz is seeking to streamline global production, the German carmaker said on Friday, resulting in a restructuring charge of hundreds of millions of euros in th...
Jul 03, 2020
UK scraps sales tax on personal protective gear until October
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's finance ministry said on Friday it will extend the scrapping of sales tax on personal protective equipment (PPE) for infectious diseases until the end of October. "Extendi...
Jul 03, 2020
19 Sikh pilgrims killed in Pakistan when train collides with van
By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - At least 19 pilgrims of Pakistan's minority Sikh community were killed when a train collided with a passenger van in eastern Pakistan on Friday, offici...
Jul 03, 2020
Athletics: Kenya's Kipsang banned for four years for anti-doping rules violations
(Reuters) - Former marathon world record holder Wilson Kipsang of Kenya has been handed a four-year ban for Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs), the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Friday. "The...
Jul 03, 2020
