Author Archives: Syndicated Content
French plan to help auto sector due within 15 days: Le Maire
PARIS (Reuters) - France is hoping to announce a plan within 15 days to help the country's automobile sector, which has been hit hard by the impact of the coronavirus, finance minister Bruno Le Maire ...
May 18, 2020
Taiwan says not receive WHO meeting invite, issue off the table for now
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Despite strong efforts Taiwan did not get invited to this week's meeting of a key World Health Organization (WHO) body due to Chinese pressure, its foreign minister said on Monday, ...
May 18, 2020
Ryanair CEO: 'idiotic' UK mismanaging coronavirus crisis
LONDON (Reuters) - Ryanair Chief Executive Michael O'Leary said the British government had mismanaged its response to the novel coronavirus outbreak for many weeks and its policy on a 14-day quarantin...
May 18, 2020
Britain still in talks with France over quarantine exemption: minister
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is still in talks with France over whether French travellers should be exempt from a requirement for a 14-day quarantine when they arrive in the United Kingdom, culture mini...
May 18, 2020
ISS poaches Danske Bank's Aarup-Andersen as new CEO
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish services provider ISS said on Monday it had hired Danske Bank's Jacob Aarup-Andersen as its new chief executive officer starting Sept 1. Aarup-Andersen, 42, who currently...
May 18, 2020
Hungary government to propose giving up emergency powers on May 26
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's government will submit a proposal to parliament on May 26 to end its special coronavirus emergency powers, hirtv.hu quoted Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff a...
May 18, 2020
Total calls off plan to buy Occidental Petroleum's Ghana asset
PARIS (Reuters) - Total has called off plans to acquire Occidental Petroleum's assets in Ghana, the French energy company said on Monday. "Given the extraordinary market environment and the lack of vi...
May 18, 2020
Israeli settler found guilty of murder in arson attack on Palestinian family
LOD, Israel (Reuters) - An Israeli court found a Jewish settler guilty of racially motivated murder on Monday in a 2015 arson attack that killed a Palestinian couple and their baby in the occupied Wes...
May 18, 2020
SoftBank posts record $13 billion operating loss as tech bets slide
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp on Monday reported a record 1.4 trillion yen ($13 billion) operating loss in the April-March financial year as the value of its tech bets via the $1...
May 18, 2020
Britain's rail network adds more trains amid crowding worries
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's rail network started running more services on Monday, raising concerns that more people will start to use trains which could lead to crowding at stations and onboard amid ...
May 18, 2020
