Exclusive: Russian government tells state banks to ensure liquidity flow to Belarus lenders - Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia’s prime minister and finance minister have told the country’s biggest state lenders to ensure liquidity continues to flow to banks in Belarus, where a political crisis has increased strains on the financial sector, banking sources said.
The top-level instructions are another sign of Moscow’s
Hess CEO 'optimistic' new Guyana government will approve project license - Reuters
(Reuters) - Hess Corp’s ( HES.N ) chief executive on Wednesday said he is optimistic the recently elected government of Guyana will issue by the end of September a production license for the third phase of a major offshore oil project.
The South American nation has become one of the most important new oil and
Climate change adds to plight of endangered sea turtles in Cyprus - Reuters
PAPHOS, Cyprus (Reuters) - Hatched baby sea turtles on the island of Cyprus struggling to crawl to the sea now face the added threat of climate change as they dig their way out of nests in the sand, scientists say.
The endangered species has faced decades of threats to its survival, including coastal development for tourism and fishermen’s nets.
According to Medasset, the Mediterranean sea turtle protection association, climate change has caused a rise in sea levels and more frequent, severe storms, jeopardizing the turtles’ nesting
Delta CFO warns that COVID-19 vaccinations could take up to a year - Reuters
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines ( DAL.N ) has seen a moderate improvement in demand but continues to burn through around $27 million of cash each day, its chief financial officer
Fact check: Photo shows anti-government protests in Minsk, not COVID-19 protests in London - Reuters
A Facebook post with over 2,900 shares as of Sept. 9, 2020, includes a photo which it claims shows thousands of people protesting in London in relation to a COVID-19 conspiracy theory. The image actually shows anti-government protesters in Belarus.
The post ( here ) contains a 3D photo with two images showing crowds. One is correctly labeled as being from Berlin, while the other photo is incorrectly labelled as London.
Canadian housing starts rose 6.9% in August: CMHC - Reuters Canada
Germany to issue country-specific travel warnings from Oct. 1: ministry - Reuters
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will likely continue to issue pandemic-related travel warnings due to worldwide coronavirus infection levels, a foreign ministry spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
She also said Germany would switch to travel warnings for individual countries after Oct. 1 after the government is extending its blanket travel warning for all countries outside Europe until Sept. 30.
Reporting by Andreas Rinke; writing by Thomas Seythal; editing by Scot W. Stevenson
Norwegian lawmaker nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize - Reuters
OSLO (Reuters) - A Norwegian lawmaker has nominated Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 for helping broker a deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, the second time he has put forward the U.S. president for the honour.
Thousands of people are
Lebanese Hezbollah and allied parties condemn U.S. sanctions on former ministers - Reuters
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two Lebanese political parties allied with Hezbollah said on Wednesday they would not be swayed by U.S. sanctions imposed on its members, with the Shi’ite Muslim Amal group saying Washington’s move was like targeting the whole nation.
The United States expanded sanctions related to Lebanon on Tuesday by blacklisting two former government ministers, including Amal’s Ali Hassan Khalil. It said the two men had aided Hezbollah, which Washington brands a terrorist group.
Hezbollah condemned the move and said the U