Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Possible war crimes in Yemen fueled by arms flows from West, Iran: U.N.
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Weapons provided by Western powers and Iran to the warring sides in Yemen are fuelling the six-year-old conflict, marked by deadly Saudi-led coalition air strik...
Sep 09, 2020
Breaking the mold: Sculptors seek to create Black figures in bronze
By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - The toppling of Confederate statues during nationwide protests against racial injustice brought renewed attention to the importance of U.S. public monuments, v...
Sep 09, 2020
Jeff Bezos-backed cancer testing company Grail files for U.S. IPO
(Reuters) - U.S-based cancer testing startup Grail Inc, which has received funding from Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos, on Wednesday filed for a U.S. initial public offering. (Reporting by Manas Mi...
Sep 09, 2020
Investors to increase EM exposure over next five years: survey
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A majority of investors are planning to increase their emerging markets exposure over the next five years, even as concerns over the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic are limiting t...
Sep 09, 2020
Blackstone’s Schwarzman emerges as Wall Street’s top political donor
By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blackstone Group Inc Chief Executive Stephen Schwarzman has spent more than $27 million so far this year backing U.S. politicians, including President Donald Trum...
Sep 09, 2020
How drugmakers can keep their pledge and still deliver an October vaccine surprise
By Michael Erman and Julie Steenhuysen NEW YORK (Reuters) - As questions mount over whether the United States will authorize a coronavirus vaccine ahead of November elections, experts say there is a s...
Sep 09, 2020
Georgia bans weddings, other ceremonies as virus cases rise
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia has banned weddings and other types of public ceremony from Sept. 10 and postponed theater and cinema openings to contain the spread of the new coronavirus as the number of...
Sep 09, 2020
Made homeless by record floods, tens of thousands of Sudanese wait for aid
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese authorities and the United Nations are rolling out aid to tens of thousands who lost their homes in record Nile floods, but many of those camping out on roadsides and hig...
Sep 09, 2020
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: U.S. COVID-19 deaths near 190,000 Coronavirus deaths in the United States were approaching 190,000 on Wednesday along with a s...
Sep 09, 2020
U.S. money manager VanEck eyes China mutual fund license: sources
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - New York-based money manager VanEck is eyeing a mutual fund license in China, two sources told Reuters, which will allow it tap the country's $2.6 trillion retail fund m...
Sep 09, 2020
