Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Putin, Erdogan agree new measures needed to ease Syria tensions: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan agreed during a phone call on Friday on the need for new measures to be put in place to ease tensions and norma...
Feb 28, 2020
Geneva car show axed as Swiss ban large events to fight virus
By Michael Shields ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland on Friday banned large events expected to draw more than 1,000 people as an extraordinary measure to curb the new coronavirus epidemic, forcing cancel...
Feb 28, 2020
Bulgaria tightens control on border with Turkey
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria is tightening security along its border with its southeastern neighbor Turkey after groups of migrants in Turkey headed toward the frontier, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov sa...
Feb 28, 2020
Shanghai Fashion Week to go ahead online as virus disrupts events
By Sophie Yu and Brenda Goh BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Shanghai Fashion Week, initially postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak, will go ahead as scheduled online in a tie-up with Alibaba Group's ...
Feb 28, 2020
Russia's Putin, Turkey's Erdogan discuss Syria by phone amid tensions
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan spoke by phone on Friday to discuss the implementation of agreements on Syria's Idlib province amid mounting te...
Feb 28, 2020
German inflation little changed in February, state data shows
BERLIN (Reuters) - Inflation was barely changed in German states in February, data showed on Friday, suggesting the national measure will remain close to but below the European Central Bank's target a...
Feb 28, 2020
Chinese maker of 'Amazon coat' weathers coronavirus impact with tax breaks, rent waivers
By Pei Li and Brenda Goh BEIJING/SHANGAHI (Reuters) - Orolay, the maker of the 'Amazon coat' that became a darling of U.S. fashion and social media a year ago, knows it is luckier than most Chinese sm...
Feb 28, 2020
Chinese swimmer Sun Yang says will appeal CAS ruling to uphold ban - Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese swimmer Sun Yang said he will "definitely" appeal the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling that handed him an eight-year ban for missing an out-of-competition test f...
Feb 28, 2020
Italy, Japan, China debt insurance costs rise on virus worries
LONDON (Reuters) - The cost of insuring exposure to debt issued by governments from China and Japan to Italy rose sharply on Friday as global fears over the spread of the coronavirus continued to clim...
Feb 28, 2020
Volkswagen reaches deal with consumer group over diesel scandal: court
HAMBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Volkswagen and a major German consumer group have reached an agreement in a class action lawsuit over the carmaker's rigging of diesel emissions tests, a court in the nort...
Feb 28, 2020
