Author Archives: Syndicated Content
German coalition parties try to unblock stimulus impasse
By Michael Nienaber BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition resumed negotiations on a massive stimulus package on Wednesday after party leaders deadlocked over cash incentives t...
Jun 03, 2020
European lobbyists off the starting blocks in new tax race
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's pitch for more taxes to repay coronavirus stimulus spending made corporate hackles raise, with lobbyists saying that new burdens would r...
Jun 03, 2020
Auschwitz Memorial asks for donations as pandemic strains finances
WARSAW (Reuters) - The Auschwitz Memorial is appealing for donations after it was forced to close to visitors as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, putting its financial situation under severe stra...
Jun 03, 2020
Magnitude 6.8 earthquake hits northern Chile, copper mines say unaffected
By Subrat Patnaik and Fabian Cambero (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck in the mine-heavy northern Chile early on Wednesday, monitoring groups confirmed, though mining companies told Reuter...
Jun 03, 2020
Exclusive: Trump administration set to bar Chinese passenger carriers from flying to U.S., sources say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration plans to bar Chinese passenger carriers from flying to the United States starting in mid-June as it pressures Beijing to allow U.S. air c...
Jun 03, 2020
Will Americans still travel abroad? Only with cast-iron coronavirus cover
By Noor Zainab Hussain (Reuters) - In the new reality of COVID-19, some Americans may still be willing to travel abroad - but they're going to make sure they're insured up to the hilt. U.S. travel ins...
Jun 03, 2020
Rally Finland cancelled due to pandemic
(Reuters) - The Finnish round of the World Rally Championship in August has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organisers said on Wednesday. Rally Finland is the country's biggest annual spo...
Jun 03, 2020
Motorcycling: MotoGP sets end of July deadline for non-European races
LONDON (Reuters) - MotoGP has set an end of July deadline to decide whether this year's coronavirus-hit championship will be confined to Europe or expand to Asia and the Americas, CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta...
Jun 03, 2020
Indonesian court rules internet curbs in Papua unlawful
By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesian court ruled on Wednesday that the government's decision to rein in internet speeds in a bid to contain civil unrest in the country's easternmost r...
Jun 03, 2020
Social-distancing Greek style: shimmy and sing from your car
ATHENS (Reuters) - Hundreds of Greeks danced and sang from their cars at a drive-in music concert, the first such event since the country banned mass gatherings to contain the spread of the coronaviru...
Jun 03, 2020
