Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Factbox: Strait of Hormuz: the world’s most important oil artery
(Reuters) - The U.S. military on Wednesday said Iranian forces briefly boarded a Liberian-flagged oil near the Strait of Hormuz, heightening tensions in the world's busiest oil waterway. Sources said ...
Aug 14, 2020
Bomb disposal experts help dispose of chemicals at UK nuclear site
LONDON (Reuters) - Bomb disposal experts have been called to the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant to help dispose of chemicals stored at the site that were discovered to have "changed state" duri...
Aug 14, 2020
UAE’s Israel deal met with Arab dismay but quiet welcome in Gulf
By Rami Ayyub JERUSALEM (Reuters) - From cries of "betrayal" to fears about "falling dominoes", the deal making the United Arab Emirates the third Arab state to forge ties with Israel stirred anger an...
Aug 14, 2020
UK records 1,441 daily COVID-19 positive tests, highest since June 14
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom recorded 1,441 positive tests for COVID-19, the highest daily tally since June 14, government data showed on Friday. Daily cases have come in above the 1,000 mark...
Aug 14, 2020
Cycling: Roglic extends Dauphine lead, Formolo claims stage win, Froome nowhere
(Reuters) - Primoz Roglic extended his lead in the Criterium du Dauphine when he finished second behind Davide Formolo on the third stage on Friday but Chris Froome continued to struggle. Italian Form...
Aug 14, 2020
Japan to mark 75th WW2 anniversary in scaled-back ceremony amid COVID-19
By Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will mark the 75th anniversary of its World War Two surrender on Saturday in a memorial ceremony scaled back because of the COVID-19 pandemic, as ties with neighb...
Aug 14, 2020
Banker bonus cap can reduce excessive risk-taking, says BoE paper
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union's cap on banker bonuses introduced after the financial crisis a decade ago can help to curb excessive risk-taking, a Bank of England study showed on ...
Aug 14, 2020
Kaplan: Consumers ‘still spending’, but shifts mean risks to service sector
(Reuters) - Economic data show "consumers are still spending," though shifts in the patterns of consumption mean lower income workers in some sectors may face uncertain times ahead, Dallas Federal Res...
Aug 14, 2020
Pelosi says vote early by mail to avoid USPS delays
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday that Americans planning to vote by mail in the November election should do so early, alleging that the Trump ad...
Aug 14, 2020
‘We lost everything:’ Grieving Beirut neighbourhood struggles to rebuild
By Ellen Francis BEIRUT (Reuters) - Claudette Halabi cried out from beneath the rubble of her house for an hour before she died. The neighbours couldn't save her. "We kept hearing the screams. I heard...
Aug 14, 2020
