BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU leaders found themselves at a standstill on Monday after three days of haggling over a plan to revive economies strangled by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the president of his summit nearly set a record he urged them to give one last push on “mission impossible”. Charles …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Leading Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong applied on Monday to run for a seat in the Chinese-ruled city legislature, raising the possibility of a battle with authorities after that he was banned from participating in previous surveys. Wong is one of more than a dozen …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Signs emerged that leaders of northern European Union countries were ready to commit to a 1.8 trillion euro (2 trillion) coronavirus stimulus plan on Monday as talks in Brussels they extended to a fourth day. Divided and slow to respond to the start of the coronavirus outbreak …
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FILE PHOTO: Andrzej Duda of the Law and Justice Party (PiS), is seen on television screens in a shopping center in Warsaw on May 21, 2015. REUTERS / Kacper Pempel – / File Photo WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland will seek to craft rules that limit the concentration of foreign-owned media …
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FILE PHOTO: The Huawei headquarters building is shown in Reading, Great Britain, July 14, 2020. REUTERS / Matthew Childs / File Photo HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews) – Huawei could starve to death before selling offshore assets. The Chinese telecommunications kit maker is under renewed attack from Downing Street to Washington. …
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