Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Tennis: ‘It’s amazing!’, Russian trio make last eight at Melbourne Park
By Nick Mulvenney MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Russia's 16-year wait for a men's Grand Slam singles champion may not come to an end next Sunday but you would not bet on it lasting too long after Daniil Medve...
Syndicated Content Feb 15, 2021
Texas grid operator starts rotating blackouts amid winter storm
(Reuters) - Rotating blackouts were enforced in the U.S. state of Texas early on Monday to reduce demand on the electric system amid icy storms, state's grid operator Electric Reliability Council of T...
Syndicated Content Feb 15, 2021
Briton pleads guilty to illicit meet-up during Singapore quarantine
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A British man pleaded guilty on Monday to breaking Singapore's strict coronavirus rules by sneaking out of his hotel room to meet his fiance while he was undergoing two weeks of ...
Syndicated Content Feb 15, 2021
Canada launches 58-nation initiative to stop arbitrary detentions
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada on Monday launched a 58-nation initiative to stop countries from detaining foreign citizens for diplomatic leverage, a practice that Ottawa and Washington ...
Syndicated Content Feb 15, 2021
Mining stocks power gains in Europe on recovery optimism
By Sagarika Jaisinghani (Reuters) - European shares scaled one-year highs on Monday and mining stocks tracked a jump in copper prices as bets of more U.S. stimulus fuelled optimism around a faster glo...
Syndicated Content Feb 15, 2021
Trump’s Indonesia partner to build movie studio after securing tax breaks
By Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian tycoon Hary Tanoesoedibjo, a business partner of former U.S. president Donald Trump, launched on Monday construction on a movie studio as part ...
Syndicated Content Feb 15, 2021
South Africa’s ex-president Zuma fails to show at corruption inquiry
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma did not show up on Monday at an inquiry into corruption during his time in office, despite the country's top court ordering him to a...
Syndicated Content Feb 15, 2021
Gulf expat exodus could continue until 2023, S&P says
DUBAI (Reuters) - The population in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states declined by about 4% last year due to an exodus of expatriates after the coronavirus crisis and lower oil prices, S&P Glob...
Syndicated Content Feb 15, 2021
India’s Serum says will ship AstraZeneca vaccine to Canada in ‘less than a month’
BENGALURU (Reuters) - The Serum Institute of India will ship the Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Canada in less than one month, Serum's chief executive said on Monday. "As we await r...
Syndicated Content Feb 15, 2021
One-off wealth tax might help fix COVID hit to UK budget: lawmaker
LONDON (Reuters) - A one-off wealth tax might be a way for British finance minister Rishi Sunak to plug the huge hole in the country's public finances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, an influential l...
Syndicated Content Feb 15, 2021




