Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan regulator orders Tokyo exchange to report on system glitch: source
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's financial regulator has ordered the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) and its owner, the Japan Exchange Group, to report on a system glitch that halted trade all day on Thursday, a ...
Oct 02, 2020
UK National Crime Agency warns bounce back loan scheme exploited by criminals
By Kirstin Ridley LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's National Crime Agency warned on Friday that it would investigate serious and organised crime linked to a bounce back loan scheme, aimed at helping busine...
Oct 02, 2020
Norway oil strike escalation could affect production from six fields: NOG
OSLO (Reuters) - The escalation of a strike among offshore oil workers in Norway could affect production from six fields with a total output of 330,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd), the N...
Oct 02, 2020
Highlights: French Open day six
PARIS (Reuters) - Highlights of the sixth day at the French Open, the final Grand Slam tournament of the year, on Friday (all times GMT): 1039 SWIATEK SENDS BOUCHARD PACKING Poland's Iga Swiatek eased...
Oct 02, 2020
Scotland’s first minister calls on lawmaker to resign over breaking COVID rules
LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, called on one of her lawmakers to resign on Friday after Margaret Ferrier admitted that she had travelled while suffering symptoms of COV...
Oct 02, 2020
Likely Fed injections in contested U.S. vote would favour tech: BofA
LONDON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve would likely step-in to support financial markets if the outcome of the U.S. presidential election was contested, a move which would benefit stocks in the tech s...
Oct 02, 2020
Red Bull respect Honda’s decision to quit F1, says Horner
LONDON (Reuters) - Red Bull respect engine supplier Honda's decision to leave Formula One at the end of 2021 and are well equipped to deal with the 'obvious challenges' presented by the departure, tea...
Oct 02, 2020
Ethiopia region arrests 503 on feared violence at weekend festival
By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Police in Ethiopia's Oromiya region have arrested 503 people on accusations they planned to cause violence during an annual thanksgiving festival this ...
Oct 02, 2020
Somali women’s basketball team defy prejudice, hostility
By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Whistles screech on the sea breeze as three female Somali coaches inspect a line of women in black and blue headscarves dribbling basketballs. It's not just the he...
Oct 02, 2020
Blasphemy convictions spark Nigerian debate over sharia law
By Alexis Akwagyiram and Abraham Achirga LAGOS/ABUJA (Reuters) - Fuad Adeyemi, an imam in Nigeria's capital Abuja, respects those who believe that a 22-year-old man accused of sharing a blasphemous me...
Oct 02, 2020
