Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Online sales of Winter Olympics souvenirs up 21 times over Lunar New Year
BEIJING (Reuters) - Online sales of Winter Olympics souvenirs were up 21.2 times during the Lunar New Year holiday, China's commerce ministry said on Thursday, while sales of snow sports equipment and...
Feb 10, 2022
Olympics-Ice hockey-After years in the shadows, Japan women eye medal glory
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Not many years ago, members of Japan's women's ice hockey team were delivering pizzas to support themselves and keep their competition dreams alive. But on Saturday th...
Feb 10, 2022
UK anti-Semitic incidents hit record high in 2021, report says
LONDON (Reuters) - Anti-Semitic incidents in Britain reached a record high last year, driven by reaction to a rise in violence in Israel and Gaza, a Jewish advisory body said on Thursday. The annual r...
Feb 10, 2022
Fate of Belarusian skier banned over political views in hands of ski body, IOC says
BEIJING (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Thursday it was up to the International Ski Federation (FIS) to decide whether to take action in the case of a Belarusian cross-co...
Feb 10, 2022
Exclusive-France’s Renault says it backs moratorium on deep-sea mining
By Helen Reid JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - French automaker Renault SA has backed a moratorium on deep-sea mining, the company told Reuters on Wednesday, committing to exclude seabed metals from its suppl...
Feb 10, 2022
Paris police authority bans French ‘Freedom Convoy’ protests from the capital
PARIS (Reuters) - The Paris police authority said it had decided to ban the so-called motorists' "Freedom Convoy" from holding protests in the French capital from February 11-February 14. Protesters h...
Feb 10, 2022
Olympics-Snowboarding-Austria’s Haemmerle wins men’s snowboard cross gold
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - Austria's Alessandro Haemmerle won gold at the men's snowboard cross final on Thursday at the Beijing Games, narrowly finishing ahead of Canadian Eliot Grondin in a neck...
Feb 10, 2022
Unilever warns of high inflation, rules out big M&A
LONDON (Reuters) -Unilever forecast higher sales, but lower margins, this year as it grapples with soaring inflation, and ruled out big acquisitions following recent investor criticism of its failed p...
Feb 10, 2022
COVAX cuts N.Korea’s COVID vaccine allotment after no deliveries accepted
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - The COVAX global COVID-19 vaccine-sharing programme has scaled back the number of doses allocated for North Korea, international aid organisations said, as the country ...
Feb 10, 2022
India’s Mahindra and Mahindra reports 57% jump in Q3 net profit
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd reported a 57% surge in third-quarter profit on Thursday, boosted by higher demand for the automaker's commercial vehicles and farm equipment th...
Feb 10, 2022
