Russia to keep ex-journalist accused of treason behind bars: court - Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Wednesday ordered former newspaper journalist Ivan Safronov to be kept in custody for another three months pending trial on charges of state treason that have sent a chill through Russia’s media landscape.
Safronov, who left journalism and began working at Russia’s space agency in May, was detained by security agents outside his flat on July 7 and accused of passing military secrets to the Czech Republic in 2017, a charge he denies.
He could face up to two decades
Spain's unemployment rises amid new COVID outbreaks, tourist restrictions - Reuters
MADRID (Reuters) - The number of registered unemployed people in Spain rose in August as new outbreaks of the coronavirus and travel restrictions imposed by other countries began taking a toll after months of timid recovery from an initial lockdown.
Danish watchdog investigates Danske Bank over erroneous debt collection - Reuters
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark’s financial watchdog has launched an investigation into how Danske Bank ( DANSKE.CO ) could wrongly collect debt from up to 106,000 customers since 2004, it said late on Tuesday.
Danske said on Monday that due to errors in its IT system, it had
Greece reports first coronavirus case in Moria migrant camp on Lesbos - Reuters
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece recorded its first coronavirus case in the overcrowded migrant camp of Moria on the island of Lesbos and the facility has been placed under a two-week quarantine, the government said
Walmart's Flipkart starts wholesale e-commerce service in India - Reuters
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India’s Flipkart launched an online wholesale service for mom-and-pop stores and other small businesses on Wednesday, as the Walmart-owned firm seeks to better compete with Amazon and other players in a battleground market for e-commerce.
“Flipkart Wholesale”, also available as a
China will gradually resume direct international flights to Beijing - Reuters
BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s aviation regulator said on Wednesday it will resume direct flights to Beijing from eight countries including Thailand, Cambodia, Greece, Denmark, Sweden and Canada from Sept. 3.
In March, Chinese authorities ordered all international flights to Beijing to be diverted to other airports as
EMERGING MARKETS-Currencies retreat as dollar bounces from two-year lows - Reuters
* Rouble slips ahead of treasury bond auctions
* Belarus dollar-denominated bonds hit a more than 3-week high
* Turkish lira, stock index flat
* South African rand dips on profit booking
By Sagarika Jaisinghani
Sept 2 (Reuters) - Emerging market currencies eased on Wednesday as the dollar bounced from two-year lows on signs of a global economic rebound, with the Russian rouble among the biggest decliners ahead of treasury bond auctions.
The rouble fell to 74.00 a dollar, close to a one-
Activist Cevian Capital trims Ericsson stake to 5.45% - Reuters
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Activist investor Cevian Capital has cut its holding in Ericsson ( ERICb.ST ) to 5.45% of the telecom equipment maker’s share capital in order to adjust the relative weights of its portfolio and to free up capital for new investments, Cevian co-founder Christer Gardell said on Wednesday.
A filing with the U
Israeli flight attendant says 'shalom' to UAE, bye to airline - Reuters
BEN GURION AIRPORT, Israel (Reuters) - Hedva Opatovsky’s first flight to the United Arab Emirates