Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive: China bars media coverage of Disney’s ‘Mulan’ after Xinjiang backlash – sources
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have told major media outlets not to cover Walt Disney Co's release of "Mulan", in an order issued after controversy erupted overseas over the film's links with...
Sep 10, 2020
Turkey-Cyprus dispute holding up EU’s Belarus sanctions, diplomats say
By Robin Emmott, Gabriela Baczynska and John Chalmers BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union sanctions on Belarus are being delayed by a separate dispute between Cyprus and Turkey over energy resources i...
Sep 10, 2020
Exclusive: BOJ to offer brighter view on economy, output on signs of pick-up, sources say
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is expected to offer a brighter view next week on the economy, output and exports than in July to signal that they are starting to recover from the devastating impa...
Sep 10, 2020
Cambodia jails activist for PM overthrow plot as crackdown widens
By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - A Cambodian activist has been imprisoned for five years for plotting to overthrow the government, a court said on Thursday, bringing to 17 the number of admini...
Sep 10, 2020
BP enters offshore wind with $1.1 billion Equinor deal
By Nerijus Adomaitis and Ron Bousso OSLO/LONDON (Reuters) - BP entered the offshore wind market on Thursday with a $1.1 billion deal to buy 50% stakes in two U.S. developments from Norway's Equinor, a...
Sep 10, 2020
Austria reports 664 new coronavirus cases in a day, highest since March
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria reported 664 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the biggest daily increase since late March, when an initial spike in infections was rapidly fading due to a strict ...
Sep 10, 2020
France’s Le Maire pledges to make sure GE meets job commitments in Belfort
PARIS (Reuters) - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Thursday he will call Lawrence Culp, the head of General Electric , in a bid to save jobs at the Belfort factory in eastern France. "We...
Sep 10, 2020
Fear and poverty in Turkey as pandemic hits Erdogan’s base
By Jonathan Spicer and Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Huseyin Goksoy, a tailor who was so stressed about going hungry during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic that he was briefly bedridden with...
Sep 10, 2020
AstraZeneca says should know if vaccine works by year-end if trials resume
LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca's chief executive Pascal Soriot said on Thursday that it should know before the end of the year whether its experimental vaccine would protect people from COVID-19, if t...
Sep 10, 2020
Belarus opposition leader says authorities threatened to kill her
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarus opposition politican Maria Kolesnikova said security officers put a bag over her head and threatened to kill her when they tried to forcibly deport her to Ukraine earlier th...
Sep 10, 2020
