Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russian police raid opposition group and its allies ahead of local elections
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Police carried out searches on Wednesday at the Open Russia opposition group's office in Moscow and the homes of several opposition activists running in local elections this weekend...
Sep 09, 2020
KKR injects funds into Selecta amid debt revamp
ZURICH (Reuters) - Financial investor KKR is injecting 125 million euros ($147 million) in additional capital into crisis-hit Swiss snack machine operator Selecta under a debt restructuring agreement....
Sep 09, 2020
Slovenia confirms the highest daily number of coronavirus cases
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Slovenia, which was the first European state to declare an end to the coronavirus pandemic in May, on Wednesday reported its the highest daily count of new infections since regis...
Sep 09, 2020
U.S. COVID-19 deaths near 190,000; Iowa and South Dakota emerge as new hotspots
By Anurag Maan (Reuters) - Coronavirus deaths in the United States were approaching 190,000 on Wednesday along with a spike in new cases in the U.S. Midwest with states like Iowa and South Dakota emer...
Sep 09, 2020
Pandemic e-commerce surge spurs race for ‘Tesla-like’ electric delivery vans
By Nick Carey (Reuters) - Delivery fleet operators face regulatory pressure in California and other states to buy electric vehicles, but a surge in package deliveries thanks to coronavirus lockdowns h...
Sep 09, 2020
Special Report: How a small group of U.S. lawyers pushed voter fraud fears into the mainstream
By Simon Lewis and Joseph Tanfani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For months, President Donald Trump has tried to convince Americans that the Nov. 3 election will be "rigged," claiming without evidence that ma...
Sep 09, 2020
Futures bounce after tech rout sends Nasdaq into correction
(Reuters) - Nasdaq futures bounced on Wednesday following a brutal sell-off in heavyweight technology stocks that sent the Nasdaq Composite index into correction territory in just three sessions. The ...
Sep 09, 2020
Thai economy to shrink 7%-9% this yr, protests a worry: business groups
By Satawasin Staporncharnchai and Kitiphong Thaichareon BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's economy is expected to contract between 7% and 9% this year from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, while fr...
Sep 09, 2020
Australia revokes visas of two Chinese scholars
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia has revoked the visas of two visiting Chinese academics in an apparent escalation of tension between the countries which has seen each accuse the other of in...
Sep 09, 2020
Investigators launched over 150 probes in French horse mutilations, killings spate
PARIS (Reuters) - Investigators have opened more than 150 probes into a spate of killings and mutilations of horses across France, Agriculture Minister Julien Denormandie said on Wednesday. "We have a...
Sep 09, 2020
