Author Archives: Syndicated Content
After a Four Seasons breakfast, Harvey Weinstein sent to dank New York jail
By Tom Hals NEW YORK (Reuters) - Harvey Weinstein's day began with expensive coffee and Acqua Panna mineral water at a breakfast meeting with his lawyers in a Four Seasons hotel near Manhattan's crimi...
Feb 25, 2020
Japan Inc shifts to online press briefings as coronavirus spreads
By Takashi Umekawa TOKYO (Reuters) - Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (MUFG) on Tuesday became the latest Japanese firm to cancel a news conference due to fears over the escalating coronavirus outbr...
Feb 25, 2020
China's main manufacturing hubs reboot after virus shutdown
By Muyu Xu and Josh Horwitz BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - As many parts of China ease coronavirus travel curbs, main manufacturing hubs in the east and south are seeing hundreds of thousands of migrant...
Feb 25, 2020
'Where's Abe?' critics ask, as coronavirus spreads in Japan
By Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) - As Japan struggles to stem the spread of a coronavirus within its borders, critics are asking, "Where's Abe?" Shinzo Abe, 65, Japan's longest serving prime minister, ha...
Feb 25, 2020
EU ministers to approve negotiating mandate for UK trade deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union governments are set to adopt a negotiating mandate for their executive European Commission on Tuesday to clinch a deal with Britain this year on future ties after i...
Feb 25, 2020
Nadal feels at home in Acapulco as he returns to action
(Reuters) - Rafa Nadal says the Mexican Open in Acapulco feels "a little bit like home" as the Spaniard returns to action on Tuesday for the first time since being dethroned as world number one by Nov...
Feb 25, 2020
ATP roundup: Djokovic strolls to win in Dubai opener
Serbia's Novak Djokovic, back in action for the first time in three weeks, didn't get much of a test Monday in the first round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in the United Arab Emirates. ...
Feb 25, 2020
Iraq's Sadr suspends protest call over coronavirus fears - statement
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Populist Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr suspended a call for his followers to hold massive protests against his political opponents due to fears over the spread of coronaviru...
Feb 25, 2020
Spanish opera star Placido Domingo apologizes to women after harassment claims - report
MADRID (Reuters) - Opera singer Placido Domingo apologized to the women who accused him of sexual harassment for the "pain" he caused them and accepted "full responsibility" in a statement sent on Tue...
Feb 25, 2020
Falling exports bring German economy to standstill in fourth quarter
BERLIN (Reuters) - Shrinking exports held back German economic activity in the fourth quarter of last year, detailed data showed on Tuesday, confirming that Europe's largest economy was stagnating eve...
Feb 25, 2020
