Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Brazil's cracked city leaves corporate heavyweights on the hook
By Gram Slattery and Amanda Perobelli MACEIO, Brazil (Reuters) - A sudden, violent tremor knocked Jos Rinaldo Januario to the floor of his kitchen one Saturday afternoon two years ago - a mystery give...
Thomson Reuters Mar 2, 2020
Factbox: Foreign funds flee Asia's emerging markets
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The coronavirus epidemic has spread from China to more than 50 countries, raising fears of a pandemic and global recession and sparking a flight by foreign funds out of Asia's em...
Thomson Reuters Mar 2, 2020
Russia, Turkey may have carried out war crimes in Syria, U.N. says
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Russia killed civilians in air strikes in Syria and rebels allied to Turkey carried out murder and pillage in Kurdish areas, U.N. investigators said on Monday, ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 2, 2020
Burkina Faso TV star inspiring fellow albinos to excel without fear or shame
By Thiam Ndiaga OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Long before she rose to fame in Burkina Faso, Line Banty became acutely aware of her albinism when as a young girl she was the only one in her family to get bad...
Thomson Reuters Mar 2, 2020
Pakistan's largest city shuts schools for two weeks over virus fears
By Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's southern province of Sindh extended the closure of all educational institutions following the confirmation of a second coronavirus case in ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 2, 2020
On the trail: Buttigieg drops White House bid as Democrats look to Super Tuesday
(Reuters) - Pete Buttigieg dropped his bid for the White House on Sunday, shaking up the race for the Democratic nomination to take on Republican President Donald Trump in November's election just day...
Thomson Reuters Mar 2, 2020
Coronavirus impact on Russian economy will be deeper than expected: minister
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The impact of coronavirus on the Russian economy will be deeper than originally expected, Economic Development Minister Maxim Reshetnikov said on Monday. The rouble's depreciation a...
Thomson Reuters Mar 2, 2020
Bloomberg’s big bet: Can money beat Biden's momentum?
By Joseph Tanfani and Jason Lange RICHMOND, VA. (Reuters) - In his brief three-month campaign for president, Michael Bloomberg poured nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars into building an advert...
Thomson Reuters Mar 2, 2020
More traffic, night lights show China's factories restart as new virus cases drop
By Muyu Xu and Gavin Maguire BEIJING (Reuters) - Nearly 300 million people have gone back to work in China since the Lunar New Year break as more companies restart business and coronavirus travel rest...
Thomson Reuters Mar 2, 2020
Goldman Sachs halts all non-essential business travel: memo
LONDON (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc has told its staff that all non-essential business travel should be postponed, according to a memo seen by Reuters. The "precautionary measures" come as glob...
Thomson Reuters Mar 2, 2020
