Author Archives: Syndicated Content
New David Bowie wax figure unveiled at London Madame Tussauds
LONDON (Reuters) - Sporting red hair, a striped jumpsuit and eye-catching makeup, a new wax figure of late rock star David Bowie as alter-ego Ziggy Stardust was unveiled at Madame Tussauds in London o...
Mar 31, 2022
U.S. warns states against treading on civil rights of transgender youth
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday sent a letter to states warning them against passing legislation that would discriminate against transgender youth, inc...
Mar 31, 2022
Explainer-Russia wants gas payments in roubles. Will buyers make the switch?
By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Thursday requiring foreign buyers to pay roubles for Russian gas from April 1 or see their contracts halted, a move desc...
Mar 31, 2022
U.S. SEC says crypto safekeeping arrangements should be treated as liability
By Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. listed companies that hold cryptocurrencies on behalf of users and customers should account for those assets as a liability on their balance sheet and dis...
Mar 31, 2022
Russia to live through highest inflation since 1999- Reuters poll
(Reuters) - Consumer inflation in Russia in 2022 is expected to accelerate to its highest since 1999, while the economy will stage its deepest contraction since 2009 as a result of sweeping Western sa...
Mar 31, 2022
Germany plans to relax COVID quarantine rules as cases soar
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany plans to end mandatory quarantine for most people who catch COVID-19, the health ministry proposed on Thursday, as numbers isolating with the infection top four million. Und...
Mar 31, 2022
CIA director tests positive for COVID -spokesman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - CIA Director William Burns has tested positive for COVID-19 and will work from home and quarantine for five days before returning to the office, the agency's public affairs offi...
Mar 31, 2022
Ukraine’s battle fronts are shifting – interior ministry adviser
(Reuters) - The southern city of Mariupol and a "corridor" between two eastern towns, Izyum and Volnovakha, are becoming the key battlefronts in Ukraine, an interior ministry adviser said on Thursday....
Mar 31, 2022
IMF to start talks with Sri Lanka on loan request in coming days
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund will initiate discussions with Sri Lankan authorities on a possible loan program in coming days, IMF spokesperson Gerry Rice said on Thursday, as...
Mar 31, 2022
Analysis-End of an era in sight as euro area borrowing costs sweep above 0%
By Dhara Ranasinghe and Yoruk Bahceli LONDON (Reuters) - When euro zone interest rates turned negative in 2014, fixed income specialist Michael Hampden-Turner recalls having to explain to baffled bond...
Mar 31, 2022
