Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Black Lives Matter forces South African sport to face past demons
By Nick Said CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - The Black Lives Matter movement has forced South African sport to reflect on its post-Apartheid history and created fissures between former team mates in a country s...
Sep 04, 2020
Ghana to issue around $4 billion treasury bills over next three months
ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana's finance ministry said on Friday it plans to issue treasury bills worth around $4 billion over the next three months, of which 3.43 billion is to roll-over maturities and the ...
Sep 04, 2020
China’s Xi supports Beijing free trade zone
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday he supports the city of Beijing in setting up a pilot international free trade zone for the service sector and digital economy and to pr...
Sep 04, 2020
Pence says deal has been reached to fund government past month’s end
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Vice President Mike Pence said on Friday the Trump administration has reached a deal with lawmakers on Capitol Hill to ensure the U.S. government is funded past the m...
Sep 04, 2020
Iranian judge in Romania committed suicide, prosecutors say
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - A fugitive Iranian judge whose corpse was found in a Bucharest hotel in June had committed suicide by jumping from a hotel's 5th floor, Romanian prosecutors said on Friday. Ghola...
Sep 04, 2020
Debt-laden Vodafone Idea to raise up to $4.1 billion in funds
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Vodafone Idea Ltd said on Friday it would raise funds up to 300 billion rupees ($4.10 billion) as the Indian telecom operator tries to pay off the hefty dues it owes to the gover...
Sep 04, 2020
Alarm in Ankara as coronavirus sweeps Turkish capital
By Orhan Coskun and Ece Toksabay ANKARA (Reuters) - Surging coronavirus cases in Ankara are stretching hospitals to the limit and Turkish authorities need to impose a fresh lockdown to bring the virus...
Sep 04, 2020
Racial gap in U.S. jobless rate widens again in August
(Reuters) - The gap in unemployment rates between Blacks and whites in the United States widened for a fourth straight month in August, and the spread between the races is now the largest in nearly si...
Sep 04, 2020
Anti-COVID measures tightened in Czech capital as cases rise
PRAGUE (Reuters) - People will be required to wear protective masks in shops and shopping centers in the Czech capital Prague under moves announced on Friday following a rise in new coronavirus cases....
Sep 04, 2020
Congress faces coronavirus, government funding battles as summer recess ends
By Patricia Zengerle and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress faces a tight deadline to avoid a government shutdown as lawmakers begin returning to Washington next week, complicated ...
Sep 04, 2020
