Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Corporate America worries WeChat ban could be bad for business: WSJ
(Reuters) - U.S. companies whose fortunes are linked to China are pushing back against the Trump administration's plans to restrict business transactions involving Tencent Holdings Ltd's WeChat app, t...
Aug 13, 2020
Famed St. Tropez restaurant Sénéquier shuts temporarily after COVID-19 cases
PARIS (Reuters) - Snquier, a famous restaurant based in the French Riviera town of St Tropez, said on Thursday it was shutting for two weeks after the discovery of two COVID-19 cases on its premises. ...
Aug 13, 2020
Georgia Republican primary win sets ‘QAnon’ conspiracy buff on path to U.S. Congress
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Georgia businesswoman's win in a U.S. House of Representatives primary this week set a path for supporters of the online conspiracy theory known as "QAnon" t...
Aug 13, 2020
Special report: A collapsing economy and a family feud pile pressure on Syria’s Assad
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Maha El Dahan, Tom Perry and Michael Georgy BEIRUT/AMMAN/DUBAI (Reuters) - In May, Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf, a cousin and long-time ally of President Bashar al-Assad, took a...
Aug 13, 2020
Iran’s coronavirus death toll passes 19,000 as new cases spike: TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran recorded 174 deaths from coronavirus and 2,625 new cases on Thursday to take its death toll to more than 19,000 and total cases to 336,324, the Health Ministry said. "In the pas...
Aug 13, 2020
Deutsche Telekom reiterates opposition to barring Huawei from Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom said no telecoms equipment vendor should be barred from Germany on political grounds, reiterating its opposition to calls from some lawmakers to bar China's Huawei ...
Aug 13, 2020
Explainer: What we know about possible COVID-19 transmission from freight and packages
WELLINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported several cases of frozen food packaging contaminated with the novel coronavirus this week, while New Zealand said it is investigating the possibility that ...
Aug 13, 2020
Hungary wants EU to pursue dialogue, careful steps on Belarus
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary wants the European Union to pursue dialogue with Belarus and avoid ostracising it, its foreign minister said on Thursday, after days of violent protests in Minsk where Pre...
Aug 13, 2020
French unemployment rate hits 37-year low as lockdown skews data
PARIS (Reuters) - French unemployment fell to a 37-year low in the second quarter, as the continuation of a multi-year downtrend was exaggerated by a strict coronavirus lockdown that meant people were...
Aug 13, 2020
Portland police declare gathering outside court house a riot
(Reuters) - Fireworks and fire were being set around the United States federal courthouse building in Portland by protesters late on Wednesday, the police said in a tweet, declaring the gathering a ri...
Aug 13, 2020
