Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Concerns mount as Lebanon struggles to take first steps out of crisis
By Tom Perry and Eric Knecht BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon is struggling to take the first steps out of a deep financial crisis, with hopes of reforms getting under way shaken by what government critics ...
Jun 16, 2020
Three rockets land near Baghdad airport, no casualties: military
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Three Katyusha rockets landed near Baghdad International Airport late on Monday, the Iraqi military said. The military said it found rocket launchers with several rockets in a rura...
Jun 16, 2020
Delhi's local health minister in hospital as infections surge in India
By Neha Arora and Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The health minister in Delhi's state government checked into hospital with high fever and was being tested for coronavirus on Tuesday as India r...
Jun 16, 2020
Swiss govt. expects economy to shrink 6.2% in 2020
By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's economy will shrink by 6.2% in 2020, the government said on Tuesday, the worst downturn in more than 40 years, as the country grapples with the conseque...
Jun 16, 2020
Workers on UK payrolls falls in May, vacancies plunge: ONS
LONDON (Reuters) - The number of people on company payrolls fell by 1.7% in May as the coronavirus lockdown continued to hurt the labour market and vacancies plunged, official data showed on Tuesday. ...
Jun 16, 2020
European stock index futures bounce on Fed's bond buying plan
(Reuters) - European stock index futures joined a global rally on Tuesday, ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's plan to kick off its corporate bond buying programme in an attempt to contain the economi...
Jun 16, 2020
Rep. Ilhan Omar's father dies due to coronavirus
(Reuters) - Father of Somalia-born U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar died on Monday night of complications from the novel coronavirus, local media reported. "It is with tremendous sadness and pain to say...
Jun 16, 2020
On this day: Born June 17, 1980: Venus Williams, American tennis player
By Sudipto Ganguly (Reuters) - Venus Williams might have been overshadowed by the exploits of her younger sister Serena as a player, but the towering American's place in women's tennis history will ex...
Jun 16, 2020
As virus upends Japan's economy, activist investors ease off on pushing firms to return cash
By Tomo Uetake SYDNEY (Reuters) - Shareholder activists in Japan are taming calls for their targets to return their cash piles to investors, ceding ground to the view such corporate hoards are assets ...
Jun 16, 2020
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Grim statistics Global cases of the novel coronavirus have reached over 8 million, as infections surge in Latin America, and t...
Jun 16, 2020
