Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Turkey charges seven people over Ghosn escape: lawyer
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish prosecutors have prepared an indictment charging seven people, including four pilots, over former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn's escape via Istanbul to Lebanon after fleeing J...
May 08, 2020
U.S. Post Office board meets as COVID takes its toll and funding dries up
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service's Board of Governors meets on Friday at a critical juncture as it faces accusations from the White House that it charges package shippers such as Amazon....
May 08, 2020
South African Airways layoff deadline suspended pending court ruling
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The deadline for South African Airways (SAA) staff to agree layoff terms has been suspended while a judge considers his ruling in a court case brought by two trade unions at t...
May 08, 2020
China needs more nuclear warheads: Global Times editor
By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) - China should expand its stock of nuclear warheads to 1,000 soon, Global Times editor-in-chief Hu Xijin said on Friday, even as U.S. President Donald Trump repeats h...
May 08, 2020
As deaths mount in Brazil's Amazon, official COVID-19 toll under scrutiny
By Jake Spring, Eduardo Simes and Bruno Kelly BRASILIA/SAO PAULO/MANAUS, Brazil (Reuters) - The death toll from COVID-19 in the worst hit part of Brazil's remote Amazon region may be three times the o...
May 08, 2020
France eyes EU COVID recovery fund of 150-300 bln euros per year in 2021-23: document
By Michel Rose and Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - France has proposed that the European Commission issue bonds to finance a recovery fund for the European Union worth 1-2% of gross national i...
May 08, 2020
Futures climb as Sino-U.S. tensions ease
By C Nivedita (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Friday as signs of improving relations between the United States and China boosted sentiment ahead of a key jobs report that is likely to sho...
May 08, 2020
Deutsche Boerse chief would be good Deutsche Bank chairman: investor
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Theodor Weimer, the chief executive of Deutsche Boerse , would make a suitable successor for Paul Achleitner as Deutsche Bank chairman, a leading investor in the lender said. The...
May 08, 2020
Spain's coronavirus daily death tolls rises again on Friday
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's daily death toll from the coronavirus rose to 229 on Friday, up from 213 on the previous day, the health ministry reported. Overall deaths rose to 26,299 from 26,070 on Thur...
May 08, 2020
Swedish prosecutor to probe deaths at Stockholm care home amid virus outbreak
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish prosecutors said on Friday they would start a preliminary investigation into a care home in the Stockholm area where a large number of elderly residents have died during ...
May 08, 2020
