Author Archives: Syndicated Content
IMF hails Hong Kong's status as global financial hub
TOKYO (Reuters) - Hong Kong's status as a global financial hub is important not just to China but to the rest of the world, International Monetary Fund First Deputy Managing Director Geoffrey Okamoto ...
Jun 09, 2020
Germany earmarks 500 million euros for electric car charging: sources
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German economy ministry wants to earmark 500 million euros ($566.95 million) from Berlin's bumper stimulus package to support private investors building charging stations for el...
Jun 09, 2020
Brazil unemployment insurance claims jump 53% in May to almost 1 million
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Formal unemployment insurance claims in Brazil in May rose to 960,258, the Economy Ministry said on Tuesday, an increase of 53% from the same month last year and a clear sign of t...
Jun 09, 2020
Volkswagen CEO apologised to supervisory board for 'inappropriate' remarks
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen Chief Executive Herbert Diess apologised to the company's supervisory board for having made "inappropriate and wrong" statements at an internal event, the carmaker sai...
Jun 09, 2020
Hungary says EU's economic rescue plan 'unfair': finance minister
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The European Union's planned 750 billion-euro economic stimulus plan is unfair towards Hungary, Finance Minister Mihaly Varga said on Tuesday. "In its present form, the economic r...
Jun 09, 2020
Police, protests and politics: Georgetown professor Dyson on racism in America
By Beatrix Lockwood NEW YORK (Reuters) - As calls to disband police departments grow nationwide, Michael Eric Dyson, a professor at Georgetown University and author of 21 books including "We Cannot St...
Jun 09, 2020
Turkish industrial production plunged 17% in April as pandemic took hold: Reuters poll
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's industrial production is expected to have contracted 17% annually in April due to a severe economic downturn brought on by measures to stem the spread of the novel corona...
Jun 09, 2020
Harry Potter star says 'transgender women are women' after J.K. Rowling tweets spark row
LONDON (Reuters) - Daniel Radcliffe, who played the young wizarding hero in the Harry Potter films, has said "transgender women are women" after an outcry over tweets by author J.K. Rowling criticizin...
Jun 09, 2020
Poland rolls out privacy-secure coronavirus tracking app
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland has released its latest version of a smartphone application to help to track coronavirus outbreaks, which has been adapted to address concerns about privacy, the country's di...
Jun 09, 2020
Palestinian PM: Israel must face consequences over planned West Bank annexations
By Rami Ayyub and Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Israel must face consequences if it annexes land in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said on Tuesday, ...
Jun 09, 2020
