Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Oil falls on prospect of Iran oil sanctions easing
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil prices retreated on Friday after wild swings during the week, as the prospect of extra supply from Iran returning to the market outweighed fears of a possible ...
Feb 17, 2022
Next U.S. aviation safety chief will face Boeing, reform challenges
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The next head of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will face challenges overseeing Boeing Co and a series of reforms mandated by Congress in the...
Feb 17, 2022
Ottawa street jacuzzi becomes latest site for vaccine mandate protest
By Lars Hagberg OTTAWA (Reuters) - In freezing temperatures and surrounded by trucks and demonstration banners, two Canadians staged a jacuzzi protest on an Ottawa street on Thursday to call for an en...
Feb 17, 2022
Oscars will require COVID tests for all and vaccines for most- NYT
(Reuters) - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will require attendees of the 94th Oscars to show proof of vaccination against the coronavirus and at least two negative PCR tests, the New ...
Feb 17, 2022
Australia’s biggest states ease more COVID-19 curbs ahead of border reopening
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Singing and dancing will resume in nightclubs in Sydney and Melbourne from Friday, while most mandatory check-ins have been scrapped as officials lifted nearly all COVID-19 curbs in...
Feb 17, 2022
UN aviation experts contemplate tougher emissions standards for aircraft
By Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) - UN aviation experts are again discussing toughening emissions standards for commercial aircraft, less than six years before a previously agreed clampdown takes ...
Feb 17, 2022
Hong Kong says 20,000 hotel rooms earmarked for quarantine as COVID cases surge
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong has identified more than 20,000 hotel rooms for quarantine accommodation, leader Carrie Lam said on Friday, as property developers piled in to support the global financ...
Feb 17, 2022
Athletics-Olympic 1,500m champ Ingebrigtsen breaks indoor world mark
(Reuters) - Olympic 1,500m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen broke the world indoor record for the distance on Thursday night in another display of speed and strength that suggests his Tokyo success was onl...
Feb 17, 2022
Yen bid, bitcoin battered as Ukraine fears leave traders nervous
By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) - The safe-haven yen gained more ground on the dollar on Friday as U.S. President Joe Biden said Moscow is preparing a pretext to justify a possible attack on Ukraine,...
Feb 17, 2022
Stocks drop as investors cut risk on Ukraine tension
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian markets slipped on Friday and gold stood at an eight-month high after an exchange of fire in eastern Ukraine and renewed U.S. warnings of an imminent Russi...
Feb 17, 2022
