Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Amazon's fight against $277 million EU tax order kicks off in court on Thursday
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Amazon will on Thursday seek to overturn an EU order to repay about 250 million euros ($277 million) in back taxes to Luxembourg at Europe's second-highest court, ...
Mar 2, 2020
EU ministers to discuss coronavirus as concerns mount in Europe
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union ministers will discuss possible responses to the coronavirus outbreak in extraordinary meetings this week, a sign of growing concern over the epidemic's spread to m...
Mar 2, 2020
Hong Kong police get protective upgrade to fight threat of 'local terrorism'
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong, grappling months of sometimes violent anti-government unrest, is to spend about HK$500 million ($64.3 million) on police protective equipment, including six armored ve...
Mar 2, 2020
Boeing supplier Senior confident it will ride out MAX crisis
By Yadarisa Shabong (Reuters) - Senior , a British supplier to U.S. planemaker Boeing, expects to restart production of parts for the 737 MAX jet in the second quarter, its chief executive said on Mon...
Mar 2, 2020
Ukraine PM says not resigned but consultations continue
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk on Monday said he had not submitted his resignation but added that consultations with the president and parliament were ongoing about potent...
Mar 2, 2020
Tajik leader's party leads in parliamentary election
DUSHANBE (Reuters) - Tajikistan's ruling People's Democratic Party led by President Imomali Rakhmon leads the March 1 parliamentary election with 50.4% of the vote, the former Soviet republic's Centra...
Mar 2, 2020
Global growth plunging into downturn over coronavirus, OECD says
By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) - The coronavirus outbreak is plunging the world economy into its worst downturn since the global financial crisis, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Develo...
Mar 2, 2020
Masked and gloved: Israelis in quarantine from coronavirus vote in election
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Paramedics dressed in head-to-toe protective gear stood guard at dedicated polling stations where Israelis under quarantine from the coronavirus voted in Monday's election. One b...
Mar 2, 2020
Child drowns at sea off Greece in first fatality after Turkey re-opens frontier
By Lefteris Papadimas and Alkis Konstantinidis KASTANIES/LESBOS, Greece (Reuters) - A child died after being pulled from the seat when a boat capsized off the Greek island of Lesbos, officials said on...
Mar 2, 2020
Airline body IATA calls on Mideast governments to help airlines handle coronavirus outbreak
ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Middle East governments should consider providing support to airlines to help them manage the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, which has led to a raft of flight cancellations,...
Mar 2, 2020
