FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s accounting watchdog has denied blame for failing to spot problems at collapsed payments company Wirecard, the latest in a series of agencies to shirk responsibility after the country’s biggest accounting scandal. . FILE PHOTO: The logo of Wirecard AG, an independent provider of outsourcing and private …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After days of record spikes in new COVID-19 cases and hospitals warning that they could run out of beds, President Donald Trump’s White House tried Thursday to convey that all was well in the battle against the coronavirus and touted efforts to get the US economy moving …
Read More »As US coronavirus cases skyrocket, White House touts economic recovery, ‘safe’ reopens
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After days of record spikes in new COVID-19 cases and hospitals warning that they could run out of beds, President Donald Trump’s White House tried Thursday to convey that all was well in the battle against the coronavirus and touted efforts to get the US economy moving …
Read More »US Coronavirus Cases Increase by Nearly 50,000 in Largest Day-Long Pandemic Peak
(Reuters) – New cases of COVID-19 in the United States increased by nearly 50,000 on Wednesday, according to a Reuters count, marking the largest one-day increase since the start of the pandemic. A large mask hangs from a lion statue outside the main branch of the New York Public Library …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Hong Kong pro-democracy activists are discussing a plan to create an unofficial parliament in exile to keep the flame of democracy alive and send a message to China that freedom cannot be crushed, he told Reuters on activist Simon Cheng. Simon Cheng, a former British Consulate employee, …
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