Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Factbox: Continuity and reforms: Japan PM hopeful Suga’s key policies
By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga and two other candidates officially started their campaigns on Tuesday to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as the...
Sep 08, 2020
South Korea’s Celltrion to begin commercial production of COVID-19 antibody drug
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Celltrion Inc will begin commercial production of its experimental treatment for COVID-19 this month, it said on Tuesday, as it pushes ahead with clinical...
Sep 08, 2020
Competition watchdog blocks Lloyds’ unfair treatment of COVID-19-hit firms
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's competition watchdog has stopped Lloyds Banking Group from forcing small business customers hit by the COVID-19 pandemic to open business current accounts to access emerge...
Sep 08, 2020
Khashoggi trial fell short on transparency, accountability: U.N. rights office
GENEVA (Reuters) - The Saudi trial into the killing of critic Jamal Khashoggi has lacked transparency and fallen short on assigning accountability for the crime, the U.N. human rights office said on T...
Sep 08, 2020
Euro zone GDP revised up, but still a record drop
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The euro zone economy declined by slightly less than initially estimated in the second quarter, but the drop was still the sharpest ever as consumer spending caved in due to COVID...
Sep 08, 2020
U.N. rights chief urges Russia to carry out probe into Navalny case
GENEVA (Reuters) - The top United Nations human rights official called on Russia on Tuesday to conduct or cooperate with a full independent investigation into Germany's "unequivocal" findings that opp...
Sep 08, 2020
China says Australian journalist suspected of endangering security
BEIJING (Reuters) - An Australian journalist for Chinese state television who was detained last month is suspected of carrying out illegal activities that endanger the country's security, a spokesman ...
Sep 08, 2020
Skills lost due to COVID school closures will hit output for generations: OECD
By Christian Lowe PARIS (Reuters) - Disruption to schooling stemming from the COVID-19 epidemic will cause a skill loss that could result in a 1.5% drop in global economic output for the rest of this ...
Sep 08, 2020
Russia offers to mediate in any Cyprus-Turkey talks over Med energy exploration
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Cyprus on Tuesday that Moscow was ready to help mediate in any talks with Turkey as tensions simmer over energy exploration in the Medite...
Sep 08, 2020
UK takeover deals slump in second quarter, statistics office says
LONDON (Reuters) - The number of merger and acquisition deals involving British companies fell sharply to 152 in the second quarter, during the peak of the coronavirus restrictions, down from 463 in t...
Sep 08, 2020
