Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Sweden drops travel restrictions to Britain despite pick up in coronavirus cases
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden on Monday took Britain off its red-list of countries it advises citizens not to travel to, despite a pick-up in new coronavirus cases and restrictions on public gatherings...
Syndicated Content Sep 14, 2020
Tropical storm Teddy forms in the Atlantic: U.S. NHC
(Reuters) - Tropical depression 20 has strengthened into storm Teddy in the Atlantic and is expected to become a powerful hurricane later this week, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Mo...
Syndicated Content Sep 14, 2020
EU condemns execution of Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union on Monday added its voice to an international outcry over the execution of Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari, saying the death penalty is a cruel and inhumane punis...
Syndicated Content Sep 14, 2020
Fight and talk: Facing negotiations, Taliban almost took key Afghan city
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi KABUL (Reuters) - Khan Agha has endured years of violence in Kunduz, but it was the Taliban's attack on the strategic city in northeastern Afghanistan, as the government and insu...
Syndicated Content Sep 14, 2020
Ex-FIFA secretary general Valcke and BeIN sports chairman go on trial over TV rights
By Brian Homewood BELLINZONA, Switzerland (Reuters) - Former FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke and the chairman of Qatar-based media group BeIN Sports, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, went on trial in Switzerl...
Syndicated Content Sep 14, 2020
SoftBank sets price in telco stake sale worth $11.7 billion
TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp said on Monday it set the offering price for the sale of shares in wireless carrier SoftBank Corp at 1,204.50 yen per share, giving the sale a value of 1.24 trill...
Syndicated Content Sep 14, 2020
Happiness, controversy and fear as Italy’s schools finally reopen
By Crispian Balmer and Antonio Denti ROME (Reuters) - After a six-month shutdown, the longest in Europe, Italy reopened most of its schools on Monday, testing the organisational skills of the governme...
Syndicated Content Sep 14, 2020
McDonald’s to open restaurants in Russia’s far east in expansion drive
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Global fast food giant McDonald's Corp. plans to expand in Russia's far east in December, opening restaurants in cities such as Khabarovsk and Vladivostok for the first time, the co...
Syndicated Content Sep 14, 2020
CREST problems force Bank of England to delay gilt buy-back
LONDON (Reuters) - The CREST financial markets settlement system, which sits at the heart of more than 1 trillion pounds' ($1.29 trillion) worth of daily share and bond trades, suffered more technical...
Syndicated Content Sep 14, 2020
European healthcare stocks hit by Trump drug order
By Joice Alves LONDON (Reuters) - Stocks in the European healthcare sector underperformed the broader market in early trading on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to l...
Syndicated Content Sep 14, 2020




