Author Archives: Syndicated Content
20,000 residents have left Mariupol in private cars so far, Ukrainian official says
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - About 20,000 civilians have managed so far to leave the besieged port city of Mariupol in private cars, Interior Ministry adviser Vadym Denysenko said on Wednesday. Mariupol ...
Mar 16, 2022
Apple supplier Foxconn’s Q4 profit beats estimates
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker which counts technology giants such as Apple Inc among its major clients, reported a fourth-quarter profit on Wednesd...
Mar 16, 2022
Hindu hardliners seek wider India ban on hijab in class after court verdict
By Sumit Khanna and Saurabh Sharma AHMEDABAD/LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - Hardline Hindu groups are demanding restrictions on wearing the hijab in classrooms in more Indian states after a court upheld a...
Mar 16, 2022
Japan eyeing fresh stimulus package to weather surging fuel prices -Kyodo
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is considering compiling a fresh economic stimulus package centred on easing the pain from high energy costs, which are expected to persist given the conflict in Ukraine, Kyodo...
Mar 16, 2022
Kazakh President Tokayev lays out constitutional reform plan
NUR-SULTAN (Reuters) - Kazakhstan needs to switch from "superpresidential" rule to a presidential republic with a strong parliament, President Kassym-Jomort Tokayev said on Wednesday, proposing consti...
Mar 16, 2022
India rolls out COVID vaccine doses for children aged 12 to 14
AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - India started administering on Wednesday doses of COVID-19 vaccine to young people aged between 12 and 14 as public and private schools re-opened. The government aims to s...
Mar 16, 2022
French govt prepared to discuss ‘autonomy’ for Corsica, minister tells paper
PARIS (Reuters) - Paris is prepared to loosen its grip on Corsica in a process that could lead to a yet-to-be decided autonomous status for the island, France's interior minister was quoted by a Corsi...
Mar 16, 2022
Group of Seven to hold meeting over Russia, Japan Finance Minister says
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Group of Seven (G7) industrialised nations will hold an online meeting after 1200 GMT to discuss Russia's actions in Ukraine, Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on We...
Mar 16, 2022
Barclays’ VXX price jump drives double-digit gains for volatility arbitrage fund
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) - Days before Thanksgiving, Kris Sidial, a co-founder at volatility arbitrage fund The Ambrus Group, told investors the firm was betting that extreme price move...
Mar 16, 2022
All systems go for Fed’s liftoff of interest rates
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday will close the door on its ultra-easy pandemic-era monetary policy and step up the fight against stubbornly high inflation w...
Mar 16, 2022
