Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive: Ecuador weighs suit against Vitol in wake of graft revelations, sources say
By Alexandra Valencia and Gram Slattery QUITO/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Ecuadorian state-run oil company Petroecuador is weighing a lawsuit against Vitol after the world's largest oil trader admitted...
Dec 11, 2020
Explainer-Where are we in the COVID-19 vaccine race?
(Reuters) - Britain became the first country to roll out the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech on Dec. 8 after final late-stage trial results showed it was 95% effective in prevent...
Dec 11, 2020
Years after ISIS, Iraqis forced out of camps into uncertain future
By Amina Ismail BALAD, Iraq (Reuters) - Last month, Iraqi authorities gave families displaced by the war against Islamic State just 48 hours to pack up and leave the Al-Ishaki camp before it was close...
Dec 11, 2020
Golf-Reed roars into lead at DP World Tour Championship in Dubai
(Reuters) - American Patrick Reed carded a superb eight-under-par 64 in the second round to take a two-shot lead over Matthew Fitzpatrick at the European Tour's season-ending DP World Tour Championshi...
Dec 11, 2020
Insurers jostle to give dealmakers cover for when things go wrong
By Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) - A record rebound in merger activity this year and a rise in litigation has brought with it an upsurge in insurance policies that give companies and private equity fi...
Dec 11, 2020
Iran protests to Turkey over alleged ‘meddling’ by Erdogan
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's Foreign Ministry summoned Turkey's ambassador on Friday over what it said was "meddlesome" remarks by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan during a visit to Azerbaijan. Erdogan re...
Dec 11, 2020
Asda paid parent Walmart $1.52 billion dividend in March, annual report shows
LONDON (Reuters) - Asda, the British supermarket arm of Walmart, paid its parent a 1.15 billion pound ($1.52 billion) inter company dividend of surplus cash in March this year, according to Asda's ann...
Dec 11, 2020
EU to discuss arms exports to Turkey with NATO and U.S., Merkel says
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU leaders plan to discuss arm exports to Turkey with NATO allies and Washington, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday, after Greece pushed for an arms e...
Dec 11, 2020
Top Mexican Catholic cleric chooses science, suspends centuries-old pilgrimage
By David Alire Garcia MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The overflowing crowds and lavish pageantry surrounding a centuries-old annual pilgrimage to the shrine of Mexico's Virgin of Guadalupe, among the world's...
Dec 11, 2020
Former Hong Kong lawmaker urges U.S. to punish China’s ‘ATM’: the banking sector
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States should target Hong Kong's financial sector with tougher sanctions to deprive China from its 'ATM' and to force Beijing to the negotiating tabl...
Dec 11, 2020
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