Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Explainer-What are stablecoins, the asset rocking the cryptocurrency market?
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) - Most cryptocurrencies have a major problem with price volatility, but one sub-category of coins is designed to maintain a constant value: stablecoins. As crypt...
May 12, 2022
Mayor, owners jailed for deadly Romania nightclub fire
By Luiza Ilie BUCHAREST (Reuters) - A Bucharest court handed down prison sentences on Thursday to a mayor of a district in the capital and the owners of a nightclub where a 2015 fire killed 65 people ...
May 12, 2022
Factbox-U.S. companies offering abortion travel benefits
A small but growing number of companies, including Amazon.com and Tesla Inc, are rolling out policies to offer benefits to U.S. employees who may need to access abortion services as some state legisla...
May 12, 2022
G7 tell Taliban: Stop restricting women’s rights
PARIS (Reuters) -The Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers on Thursday said the increasing restrictions imposed by the Taliban on the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan were isolating the countr...
May 12, 2022
France ‘fully supports’ Finland’s choice to join NATO – Elysee
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday told his Finnish counterpart that France fully supported the country's choice to join NATO, the Elysee presidential office said in a stat...
May 12, 2022
U.S. Treasury’s Yellen says Fed can bring down inflation without causing recession
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that she believes the Federal Reserve can bring down inflation without causing a recession because of a strong U.S. job market and hous...
May 12, 2022
UK refuses to publish security advice around Lebedev’s appointment to upper chamber
By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) - The British government has refused to publish the advice Prime Minister Boris Johnson received from security services before the British-Russian media boss Evgen...
May 12, 2022
Swedish Match top 10 investor says Philip Morris bid a ‘healthy premium’
LONDON (Reuters) - Philip Morris' $16 billion offer for Stockholm-based Swedish Match represents a "healthy premium" and the Marlboro maker could yet go higher, Swedish Match's No. 10 shareholder GACM...
May 12, 2022
Athletics-Gatlin excited by new talent emerging from Bolt shadow
By Shrivathsa Sridhar BENGALURU (Reuters) - Athletics may not need a marquee personality with the speed and charisma to take over from Usain Bolt as fresh faces at the top of the sprint podium can be ...
May 12, 2022
Turkish court upholds top opposition politician’s conviction for insulting president
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's top court upheld convictions and a jail term against leading opposition politician Canan Kaftancioglu for insulting the president and the state, according to a ruling it ma...
May 12, 2022
