Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Swiss government rejects push to appoint judges by lottery
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss government on Thursday rejected a proposal to appoint supreme court judges by lottery, a system it said would make the court appear less legitimate. Supreme court judges a...
Aug 20, 2020
China vows all necessary measures to protect its firms following U.S. curbs on Huawei
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will take "all necessary measures" to protect its firms' legitimate interests, the Commerce Ministry said on Thursday, in response to the U.S. move this week to further tight...
Aug 20, 2020
Hungary’s Orban calls for central Europe to unite around Christian roots
By Anita Komuves BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Central European nations should unite to preserve their Christian roots as western Europe experiments with same-sex families, immigration and atheism, Hungarian P...
Aug 20, 2020
China says Taiwan hacking allegations are ‘malicious slander’
BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Thursday branded as "malicious slander" accusations from Taiwan about hacking attacks linked to the Chinese government, further adding to tensions between Beijing and Taip...
Aug 20, 2020
Vietnam says Chinese bomber at disputed islands ‘jeopardises peace’
HANOI (Reuters) - The presence of Chinese bombers in the disputed Paracel islands in the South China Sea "jeopardises peace" in the region, Vietnam's foreign ministry spokeswoman said on Thursday. "Th...
Aug 20, 2020
Go back to work, Malians told, as colonel Goita declares himself junta head
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Army colonel Assimi Goita presented himself as head of the junta that ousted Mali's president, as its spokesman sought to reassure citizens that daily life could resume as normal fr...
Aug 20, 2020
South Korea names veteran Lee Seung-heon as new senior deputy governor at Bank of Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea on Thursday named Lee Seung-heon as the new senior deputy governor at the central bank, to join as a voting board member of the monetary policy committee. Lee, a veteran ...
Aug 20, 2020
Uproar after Somali lawmaker presents bill to legalise child marriage
By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Hafsa was married off at 13 by her father to a man who paid $100. She and her mother say she was beaten and raped for two years before they convinced him to divorc...
Aug 20, 2020
UK online job adverts slip back, ONS says
LONDON (Reuters) - The number of online job adverts posted by employers in Britain - a measure of how quickly the labour market might recover from its coronavirus slump - has fallen back slightly, the...
Aug 20, 2020
China’s outstanding loans to small businesses up 27.5% year-on-year by end-July
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's outstanding loans to small businesses stood at 13.7 trillion yuan ($1.98 trillion) by the end of July, up 27.5% from a year earlier, the central bank said on Thursday. Inte...
Aug 20, 2020
