Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK universities grapple with spiralling COVID-19 outbreaks
By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - The University of Glasgow has offered a rent rebate to residents and support with securing food and medical supplies for self-isolating students in a sign of the huge...
Sep 26, 2020
France still trying to end Veolia, Suez dispute, says source
PARIS (Reuters) - The French state is still trying to end disagreements between utilities Veolia and Suez days ahead of a deadline, a source close to Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Saturday. ...
Sep 26, 2020
Thailand tackles unemployment with million jobs expo
By Orathai Sriring and Jiraporn Kuhakan BANGKOK (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Thais on Saturday flocked to a government-organised job expo with more than a million jobs up for grabs as it works to ...
Sep 26, 2020
Unusual French Open conditions will help Halep, says Navratilova
PARIS (Reuters) - The French Open's rescheduled dates will work in favour of top-seeded Romanian Simona Halep, who is fresh and confident going into the claycourt Grand Slam in Paris, tennis great Mar...
Sep 26, 2020
Motorcycling: Morbidelli snatches maiden pole as Yamaha dominate in Barcelona
(Reuters) - Petronas Yamaha's Franco Morbidelli claimed his maiden MotoGP pole position at the Catalunya Grand Prix on Saturday, edging out team mate Fabio Quartararo in Barcelona. Italian rider Morbi...
Sep 26, 2020
Motor racing: Hamilton on pole in Russia with Schumacher’s record in sight
(Reuters) - Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton came back from qualifying drama at the Russian Grand Prix on Saturday to put his Mercedes on pole position for what could be a record-equalli...
Sep 26, 2020
U.S. imposes curbs on exports to China’s top chipmaker SMIC
SHANGHAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States government has imposed restrictions on exports to China's biggest silicon chip maker after concluding there is an "unacceptable risk" that equipment s...
Sep 26, 2020
U.S. imposes curbs on exports to China’s top chipmaker SMIC
SHANGHAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States government has imposed restrictions on exports to China's biggest silicon chip maker after concluding there is an "unacceptable risk" that equipment s...
Sep 26, 2020
Canadian police arrest man over ‘hoax’ Islamic State activity
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian police have arrested a man on suspicion of lying about having joined Islamic State and committed execution-style killings, charging him with "hoax-terrorist activity", aut...
Sep 26, 2020
Daimler’s designated chairman Zetsche tells newspaper he no longer wants the job
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Daimler's Dieter Zetsche told Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung newspaper that he will not seek to become chairman of the supervisory board of the German carmaker....
Sep 26, 2020
