Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Thai prime minister survives vote of no confidence
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and five cabinet ministers comfortably survived a vote of no confidence in parliament on Friday, a week after a court ban on 11 opposition law...
Feb 28, 2020
China's Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang banned for eight years
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - China's world and Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang was handed an eight-year ban on Friday, a sanction that rules him out of this year's Tokyo Games, after he missed...
Feb 28, 2020
French consumer pulls back even before coronavirus outbreak
PARIS (Reuters) - French consumer spending fell unexpectedly sharply in January, official data showed on Friday, flagging a weak start to the year even before the coronavirus outbreak began taking its...
Feb 28, 2020
Hong Kong retailers in rent battle to survive virus, protests blow
By Clare Jim HONG KONG (Reuters) - Retailers in Hong Kong have launched themselves into a rare battle with the city's notoriously unflinching landlords for deeper and longer-term rental cuts, as they ...
Feb 28, 2020
German jobless total unexpectedly falls by 10,000 in February
BERLIN (Reuters) - German unemployment dropped unexpectedly in February, the Federal Labour Office said on Friday, suggesting that the strong job market will continue to propel growth in Europe's larg...
Feb 28, 2020
Investors flee stocks for bonds on rising recession fears: BofA
LONDON (Reuters) - A whopping $20 billion has left global equity funds, BofA said on Friday, as investors fled risky assets on concerns the fast-spreading coronavirus could trigger a global recession....
Feb 28, 2020
Exclusive: Indian refiners plan to wind down Venezuelan oil buys in April - sources
By Nidhi Verma, Devika Krishna Kumar and Marianna Parraga (Reuters) - Indian refiners Reliance Industries and Nayara Energy are planning to wind down purchases of Venezuelan oil in April fearing futur...
Feb 28, 2020
Pope postpones official audiences but working from residence - Vatican
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, who the Vatican says is still "slightly unwell," has postponed all official audiences for Friday but is working from home. The Vatican did not specify what the p...
Feb 28, 2020
Russian businessman Oleg Tinkov attends court hearings over tax: TCS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian businessman Oleg Tinkov is attending court hearings initiated by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to resolve potential tax issues, the TCS financial group which he founded ...
Feb 28, 2020
Case of coronavirus diagnosed in French city of Nice - local mayor
PARIS (Reuters) - A case of coronavirus has been diagnosed in the southern French city of Nice, concerning a woman who had recently returned from Milan, said the mayor of Nice on his Twitter account. ...
Feb 28, 2020
