Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Angola's oil exploration evaporates as COVID-19 overshadows historic reforms
By Noah Browning, Dmitry Zhdannikov and Libby George LONDON/LAGOS (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic has done in a handful of months what even a 27-year civil war did not: it has brought oil drillin...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2020
Fury 'mentally happy' to be in ring, eyes Klitschko-like reign
(Reuters) - Tyson Fury said he is no longer boxing for fame, money or titles but that stepping into the ring keeps him "mentally happy" as he targets a long reign as the world heavyweight champion. Fu...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2020
Polish schools may remain closed until the end of June
WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish schools will most probably remain closed until the end of June, when children start summer holidays, government spokesman Piotr Muller told public radio on Wednesday. Schools...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2020
Small oil palm farmers face survival crisis in risk to future output
By Mei Mei Chu and Krishna N. Das KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - When Shell engineer Incham Serdin quit his job four years ago to start a small palm plantation in his native Malaysia, prices of the fleshy f...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2020
Heavy rains in India and Bangladesh as super cyclone bears down
DHAKA/KOLKATA (Reuters) - Heavy rains and winds lashed two eastern Indian states and parts of Bangladesh hours before a powerful cyclone made landfall on Wednesday, with rescue teams evacuating millio...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2020
Outlook for European corporate profits worsens further
LONDON (Reuters) - Expectations for second- and third-quarter corporate profits are deteriorating further in Europe, despite a gradual easing across the continent of lockdowns aimed at curbing the cor...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2020
U.S. Air Force F-35 fighter crashes in Florida, pilot stable
(Reuters) - A U.S. Air Force F-35 fighter jet crashed upon landing on Tuesday night at a base in Florida and the pilot was ejected safely, the military said. "An F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 58t...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2020
Coronavirus crushes Australia's dividends with banks leading the decline
By Scott Murdoch and Tom Westbrook HONG KONG/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Australia has made the deepest dividend cuts globally this year, with more than $6 billion deferred or cancelled as companies conserv...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2020
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Reviving EU solidarity The initial slowness of European Union countries to share medicine in the face of the coronavirus pande...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2020
Cash or health? Resumption will show game's priorities: Millman
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The timing of professional tennis's return will reveal whether the tours and federations are more interested in making money or looking after the health of players, Australia's John...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2020
