Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Britain's Johnson says wasn't surprised by economic plunge
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said figures showing the economy had plunged by a quarter in the March-April period had not come as a surprise because it was always going to hi...
Jun 12, 2020
Dutch cenbank chief Knot positive on European spending plan
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - While the Dutch government has been a prominent sceptic of a plan for the European Union to spend 750 billion euros on economies hurt by coronavirus, the president of the country...
Jun 12, 2020
For gay stars of banned condom ad, no let-up in Poland's LGBT rights clampdown
WARSAW (Reuters) - For Jakub Kwiecinski, a ban by Poland's public broadcaster on a condom advert featuring him and his husband has come as no surprise, but it does make him uneasy about what targets a...
Jun 12, 2020
Tesla at $1,000: too much too soon for some analysts
(Reuters) - Top Wall Street brokerages Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley downgraded their ratings on Tesla Inc saying the electric carmaker's shares were overpriced, two days after the high-flying stoc...
Jun 12, 2020
China says opposes U.S. restrictions on Chinese students
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China on Friday said it resolutely opposes any U.S. government move to restrict Chinese students from studying abroad, and urged the United States to do more things to enhance mu...
Jun 12, 2020
Putin appeals to Russians' core values as vote on extending term looms
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin appealed to what he termed Russians' core values on Friday, the country's national day, as he sought to rally support for a vote on constitutional reforms t...
Jun 12, 2020
Severstal says 'no' to Europe as Thyssenkrupp's options narrow
By Anastasia Lyrchikova, Christoph Steitz and Tom Kckenhoff MOSCOW/FRANKFURT/DUESSELDORF (Reuters) - Russian steelmaker Severstal has no plans to get involved in industry consolidation in Europe, its ...
Jun 12, 2020
Take Five: Pump it up
(Reuters) - 1/ROBINHOOD AND THE MERRY TRADERS "Rise and rise again until lambs become lions," runs an oft-quoted line from the 2010 film 'Robin Hood'. The motto is being taken seriously by all those m...
Jun 12, 2020
Iran asks French experts to read black boxes of downed jet: official
(Reuters) - Iranian investigators have asked France's BEA air accident agency to read black boxes from a downed Ukrainian jetliner, Iran's envoy to the United Nations aviation agency said. The Ukraine...
Jun 12, 2020
Ukraine president's wife tests positive for coronavirus
KIEV (Reuters) - Olena, the wife of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said on Friday she had tested positive for coronavirus but her husband and their two children had tested negative. "Today I...
Jun 12, 2020
