Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK PM Johnson to discuss summit, strategy with climate change committee
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will chair the first meeting of his climate change committee on Wednesday to discuss priorities for the year, longer-term strategy and preparati...
Mar 3, 2020
China defense minister discusses coronavirus with U.S.
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe discussed the coronavirus situation in China with U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Wednesday in a telephone call, China's defense m...
Mar 3, 2020
Togo court confirms President Gnassingbe's landslide electoral victory
LOME (Reuters) - Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe has won re-election with 71% of the vote, final results from the constitutional court showed on Tuesday, extending his 15-year rule and a family dyna...
Mar 3, 2020
Former auto parts executive extradited, sentenced in U.S. for bid-rigging
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former executive for auto parts maker Continental Automotive Korea Ltd has been extradited to the United States, where he pleaded guilty to rigging bids for auto parts and was...
Mar 3, 2020
Mnuchin says high-tax states like NY, Calif. should consider lowering taxes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - States with high tax rates like New York and California should consider lowering their taxes, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told lawmakers on Tuesday, when challenged a...
Mar 3, 2020
Tornadoes rip Tennessee, leaving at least 19 dead, many missing
By Timothy Ghianni NASHVILLE (Reuters) - At least 19 people were killed early on Tuesday after powerful tornadoes ripped through Nashville and other parts of Tennessee, flattening buildings and leavin...
Mar 3, 2020
Slovenian parliament confirms Jansa as PM designate
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Slovenia's parliament elected Janez Jansa as prime minister on Tuesday, handing a third mandate to a center-right leader who plans to decentralize the state and fight red tape. J...
Mar 3, 2020
Coronavirus to hit emerging market forex hardest in near term: Reuters poll
By Vuyani Ndaba and Vivek Mishra JOHANNESBURG/BENGALURU (Reuters) - Fears that the coronavirus may trigger a global downturn will hit emerging market currencies harder than developed markets in the ne...
Mar 3, 2020
Prince William in Ireland on first senior UK royal visit since Brexit
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Britain's Prince William arrived in Dublin on Tuesday with his wife Kate, making a symbolic show of friendship with a close neighbor on the first official trip abroad by senior roya...
Mar 3, 2020
WHO hails 'good news' as Congo sees no new Ebola cases in two weeks
LONDON (Reuters) - The Democratic Republic of Congo has now gone two weeks without a reporting a single new case of Ebola, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, signaling that the outbr...
Mar 3, 2020
