Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Not seeing indications North Korea looking to ‘lash out’, U.S. general says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of U.S. forces in South Korea said on Thursday that he was not seeing indications that North Korea was looking to "lash out" ahead of an expected military parade as Pyo...
Sep 10, 2020
British actress Diana Rigg dies aged 82 – BBC
LONDON (Reuters) - British actress Diana Rigg, who came to fame in the cult 1960s TV show "The Avengers" and recently appeared in "Game of Thrones", has died aged 82 the BBC reported on Thursday. Rigg...
Sep 10, 2020
WHO says $700 million raised so far for COVID-19 vaccines initiative for poor
HARARE (Reuters) - International donors have raised $700 million - less than half the target - to purchase future coronavirus vaccines for poor countries in a global initiative to ensure eventual vacc...
Sep 10, 2020
Seven dead in Colombian protests against police brutality
By Luis Jaime Acosta and Julia Symmes Cobb BOGOTA (Reuters) - Seven people were killed in Colombian capital Bogota and satellite city Soacha overnight in protests against police brutality, sparked by ...
Sep 10, 2020
Germany should ring-fence swine fever outbreak to limit trade fallout: OIE
By Sybille de La Hamaide PARIS (Reuters) - Germany should follow Belgium's example and contain the outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) locally to wild animals to limit trade restrictions on pigmeat ...
Sep 10, 2020
India’s Zomato raises $160 million from Tiger Global, Temasek unit
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Indian food delivery company Zomato has raised $160 million from U.S. hedge fund Tiger Global Management LLC and a unit of Singapore's Temasek Holdings, its top shareholder Info ...
Sep 10, 2020
VW’s trucks arm Traton sweetens Navistar offer to $43 per share
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen's trucks arm Traton on Thursday increased its takeover offer for U.S. peer Navistar to $43.00 per Navistar share, up from $35 per share. Volkswagen made an initial tak...
Sep 10, 2020
Would-be Merkel successor Laschet faces early election test
BERLIN (Reuters) - German conservative Armin Laschet faces an early test in his quest to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel with local elections on Sunday in his western state of North Rhine-Westphalia,...
Sep 10, 2020
Pandemic widens hole in German tax revenues as Scholz eyes more debt
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German federal government expects its tax revenues from 2020 to 2024 to come in 19.1 billion euros lower than previously projected as the coronavirus pandemic continues to erode...
Sep 10, 2020
Croatia’s bar, restaurant owners halt work to seek help over coronavirus crisis
ZAGREB (Reuters) - About 400 owners of bars and restaurants in Croatia's northern Adriatic halted work for an hour on Thursday in an appeal to the authorities to help them survive the coming months as...
Sep 10, 2020
