Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pompeo to meet with China's top diplomat in Hawaii: State Dept
b'b"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet with Yang Jiechi, China\'s top diplomat, on Wednesday in Honolulu, the State Department said, a crucial meeting as relations be...
Jun 17, 2020
Eight suspects arrested in South Africa's 'biggest bank robbery' VBS fraud case
b'b\'JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African authorities have apprehended eight people suspected of illegally siphoning 2.3 billion rand ($133.87 million) from small lender VBS Mutual Bank, which colla...
Jun 17, 2020
U.S. hits Syria with toughest sanctions yet to push Assad to end war
b'b\'WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday imposed its toughest sanctions ever targeting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to choke off revenue for his government in a bid to force it b...
Jun 17, 2020
U.S. May housing starts rise less than expected
b'b"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. homebuilding increased less than expected in May, leaving the bulk of the prior months\' declines intact and pointing to a slow housing market recovery from the COVID-1...
Jun 17, 2020
Germany's Scholz: EU should get its own revenues
b'b"BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany supports the idea of the European Commission levying its own taxes to fund the expanded EU budget, Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday, adding new revenues co...
Jun 17, 2020
Canadian home prices rise in May but cracks appear in underlying data
b'b"TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian home prices rose in May, led by the Ottawa-Gatineau and Toronto markets, but underlying numbers reflected a slowing in the housing market following measures taken to h...
Jun 17, 2020
Louis Dreyfus adds venture capital unit, new innovation head
b'b\'PARIS (Reuters) - Agricultural commodities trader Louis Dreyfus Company has launched a venture capital programme to invest in food and farming firms while also announcing a change of head for its...
Jun 17, 2020
Brazil services activity falls a record 11.7% in April
b'b"BRASILIA (Reuters) - Services activity in Brazil slumped 11.7% in April, figures showed on Wednesday, the biggest fall since comparable record-keeping began nearly a decade ago as social isolation...
Jun 17, 2020
UK's Labour says will hold government to promise of EU deal by year-end
b'b\'LONDON (Reuters) - Britain\\\'s opposition Labour Party will hold Prime Minister Boris Johnson\\\'s government to its promise of securing a free trade deal with the European Union by the end of t...
Jun 17, 2020
Takeaway coffee and fitness classes return to UK inflation data as lockdown eases
b'b"By David Milliken\\nLONDON (Reuters) - Haircuts, holidays and a pint at the pub remain off limits but prices for takeaway coffees, muffins and fitness classes have returned to Britain\'s inflation...
Jun 17, 2020
