Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Dollar steadies as optimism over China reopening turns to caution
By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar steadied on Thursday after riding long-end U.S. Treasury yields higher overnight, as initial optimism over China's reopening fizzled. Following China's remo...
Dec 28, 2022
Cricket-Australia six wickets from victory, South Africa 120-4 at lunch
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia moved six wickets from a series-sealing victory in the second test on Thursday as South Africa staggered to 120 for four at lunch on day four in Melbourne, still 266 ru...
Dec 28, 2022
Oil prices ease, China COVID spike hurts demand outlook
By Arathy Somasekhar (Reuters) - Oil prices ticked down on Thursday as surging COVID-19 cases in China dimmed hopes of a recovery in fuel demand in the world's second-biggest oil consumer. The scale o...
Dec 28, 2022
U.S., UK, EU among countries calling for Taliban to reverse ban on women aid workers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Foreign ministers of 12 countries and the EU, including the United States and Britain, urged Afghanistan's Taliban-led government on Wednesday to reverse its decision barring fe...
Dec 28, 2022
Portugal’s infrastructure minister quits over TAP controversy
LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese Infrastructure Minister Pedro Nuno Santos has stepped down, his office said on Thursday, following a public backlash over a hefty severance pay a secretary of state recei...
Dec 28, 2022
Twitter down for thousands of users – Downdetector.com
(Reuters) - Twitter Inc was down for thousands of users on Wednesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. Over 10,000 users reported issues with accessing the social media website i...
Dec 28, 2022
UK to consider COVID restrictions for arrivals from China – Telegraph
(Reuters) - The UK will consider imposing restrictions including requiring COVID-19 tests for arrivals from China, the Telegraph reported on Thursday. (Reporting by Gokul Pisharody in Bengaluru; Editi...
Dec 28, 2022
Hong Kong asks Japan to drop airport restrictions with 60,000 travellers affected
HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong's government has asked Japan to withdraw a COVID-19 restriction that requires passenger flights from the financial hub to land at only four designated Japanese airports,...
Dec 28, 2022
Novartis to pay $245 million over Exforge drug generics
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Novartis AG said on Wednesday it will pay $245 million to resolve civil litigation accusing the Swiss drugmaker of trying to delay the launch in the United States of generic versi...
Dec 28, 2022
U.S. seeks 6 years in prison for college admissions fraud mastermind
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Wednesday asked a judge to sentence the mastermind of the largest U.S. college admissions fraud scheme ever uncovered to six years in prison a...
Dec 28, 2022
