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Bulgaria plans lockdown to contain coronavirus infection surge
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria plans to close schools, restaurants and shops and ban all sports events, private celebrations and excursions as it struggles to contain a coronavirus case surge. The Balkan ...
Syndicated Content Nov 23, 2020
Japan PM to decide on tourism campaign as approval rating plummets over virus
By Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga could further restrict a much-criticised travel subsidy programme in an effort to contain coronavirus infections, local media sa...
Syndicated Content Dec 14, 2020
Metallic monolith pops up outside Pittsburgh candy store
By Maranie Staab PITTSBURGH(Reuters) - Since mid-November, shining metal monoliths have suddenly appeared - and then vanished - in the strangest locations, from the Utah desert to a Romanian mountains...
Syndicated Content Dec 04, 2020
Polish coal boss warns of unemployment jump if mines close too fast
WARSAW (Reuters) - A rapid closure of coal mines will lead to a jobless rate of up to 50% in some towns in Poland's southern coal region of Silesia, the chief executive of the country's biggest coal p...
Syndicated Content Dec 16, 2020
Cuba attracts $1.9 billion in foreign investment despite U.S. sanctions
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cash-strapped Cuba said on Tuesday it had attracted $1.9 billion worth of foreign investment over the past year despite tighter U.S. sanctions and said it continued to reduce intern...
Syndicated Content Dec 08, 2020
U.S. EXIM board changes rules to help boost U.S. competitiveness vs. China
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Export-Import Bank of the United States said its board voted on Thursday to lower the domestic content threshold required for projects it backs from 85% to ...
Syndicated Content Dec 17, 2020
Japan's Takeda says drug pipeline to lift sales to $48 billion in next decade
By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical Co said on Wednesday its drug pipeline is poised to drive annual sales up by more than 50%, to 5 trillion yen ($48.01 billion) in the nex...
Syndicated Content Dec 09, 2020
With Christmas curtailed, Pope starts season with pre-dawn visit to statue
By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis made an unannounced, pre-dawn visit to a Rome landmark on Tuesday to pray after he was forced to cancel the traditional public ceremony because of the ...
Syndicated Content Dec 08, 2020
France to press on with law on "unrepublican" behaviour
PARIS (Reuters) - France's government decided on Wednesday to press ahead with a law it says will crack down on practices that go against the values of the French Republic, such as forced marriage and...
Syndicated Content Dec 09, 2020
Islamic fintech Wahed Invest to buy UK digital banking app Niyah
By Anna Irrera LONDON (Reuters) - Wahed Inc, a U.S.-based Islamic-finance fintech startup backed by Saudi Aramco, will acquire Niyah Ltd, a British company that runs a digital banking app designed for...
Syndicated Content Dec 17, 2020
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