Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Lufthansa's Discover clinches first wage deal amid strike threat
BERLIN (Reuters) -Lufthansa's leisure subsidiary Discover Airlines has agreed to increase wages for cockpit and cabin staff, marking its first collective bargaining agreement since it began operating ...
Aug 09, 2024
Olympics-Athletics-U.S. dominate women's 4x400m women's relay qualifiers
By Helen Reid PARIS (Reuters) -The United States dominated the 4x400 metres women's relay qualifiers on Friday, while France also booked a place in the final thanks to Amandine Brossier sneaking past ...
Aug 09, 2024
European shares rise for fourth straight day, negating effect of early-week rout
(Reuters) - European shares ticked higher on Friday, set to gain for a fourth consecutive session and clawing back nearly all the losses from the start of the week when fears of a U.S. recession trigg...
Aug 09, 2024
Olympics-Athletics-COVID-hit Lyles coughed through the night before taking 200m bronze
By Helen Reid PARIS (Reuters) - Noah Lyles, who tested positive for COVID on Tuesday and took bronze in the Olympic 200 metres sprint on Thursday, said the virus "definitely" affected his performance,...
Aug 09, 2024
Olympics-Athletics-Botswana declares half-day holiday to mark first Olympic gold
By Helen Reid PARIS (Reuters) - The president of Botswana declared Friday afternoon a public holiday to celebrate Letsile Tebogo taking the country's first Olympic gold medal by winning the 200-metres...
Aug 09, 2024
Italy July EU-harmonised CPI revised down to +1.6% y/y
August 9 (Reuters) - Italian EU-harmonised consumer prices (HICP) fell 0.9% month-on-month in July and were up 1.6% from the year earlier, official statistics agency ISTAT said on Friday, revising dow...
Aug 09, 2024
China's July bank lending set to dip, keeps Beijing focused on policy support: Reuters poll
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's new yuan loans likely fell sharply in July from the previous month, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, dragged down by tepid credit demand and seasonal factors even as the ce...
Aug 09, 2024
Scientists propose warming up Mars by using heat-trapping 'glitter'
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The idea of transforming Mars into a world more hospitable to human habitation is a regular feature of science fiction. But could this be done in real life? Scien...
Aug 09, 2024
Russia says fighting continues in Kursk as video shows burnt-out Russian trucks
LONDON (Reuters) - Video posted on social media on Friday and verified by Reuters showed a convoy of burnt-out Russian military trucks along a highway in the Kursk region of southern Russia, where Ukr...
Aug 09, 2024
Expedia shares jump as optimism over profit beat overrides demand warning
(Reuters) - Shares of Expedia jumped more than 10% in premarket trading on Friday as markets cheered the online travel agency beating quarterly profit estimates, even as it joined other travel compani...
Aug 09, 2024
