Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Iran says U.S. push to extend Tehran's arms embargo is "illegitimate"
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran dismissed as "illegitimate" efforts by the United States to extend the U.N. Security Council arms embargo on Tehran, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday. "Iran ...
May 04, 2020
Online trading platform IG appoints ex-JLT director Rozes as finance head
(Reuters) - IG Group said on Monday Charlie Rozes, former finance director of Jardine Lloyd Thompson, will join the online trading group as chief financial officer, at a time when the sector is benefi...
May 04, 2020
Top UK companies expect COVID-19 to cut sales by a fifth: Deloitte
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's largest companies expect the coronavirus to reduce their sales by more than a fifth this year and are gloomier than during the 2008-09 financial crisis, ...
May 04, 2020
Taliban confirms attack at military centre in Afghanistan, casualties reported
KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban on Monday claimed responsibility for an attack at a military centre in southern Helmand province in Afghanistan where at least 150 members of Afghan army and intelligence...
May 04, 2020
North Korea defectors criticised over speculation Kim was ill or dead
SEOUL (Reuters) - A former senior North Korean diplomat apologised on Monday after saying leader Kim Jong Un was likely so ill he could not stand, days before he emerged in state media chain smoking a...
May 04, 2020
Commuters stream to work as Malaysia lifts coronavirus curbs on movement
By LIM HUEY TENG and Ebrahim Harris KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Thousands of Malaysians joined the morning rush hour on Monday as the government eased curbs on movement and businesses for the first time ...
May 04, 2020
Norwegian Air says lessors support rescue ahead of shareholder vote
OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian Air has won "strong support" from lessors for its plan to convert debt to equity, the carrier said on Monday, as shareholders prepared to cast their vote on the scheme in a ...
May 04, 2020
Superheroes, from near and far, join Indonesia's coronavirus battle
By Rahman Muchtar SUKOHARJO, Indonesia (Reuters) - Volunteers clad as Superman and Spider-Man sprayed disinfectant against the coronavirus on Indonesia's island of Java, flanking a colleague wearing t...
May 04, 2020
Mirae Asset scraps $5.8 billion deal to buy U.S. hotels from China's Anbang
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Mirae Asset Global Investments said on Monday that it has terminated a $5.8 billion deal to buy 15 U.S. hotels from China's Anbang Insurance Group [ANBANG.UL]. The asse...
May 04, 2020
Trump administration pushing to rip global supply chains from China: officials
By Humeyra Pamuk and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is "turbocharging" an initiative to remove global industrial supply chains from China as it weighs new tariffs to pun...
May 04, 2020
