Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Olympics-Russia still gold favourites as COVID hits hockey tournament
By Steve Keating BEIJING (Reuters) - The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) men's ice hockey team arrived in Beijing feeling good about their gold medal defence but without three key players who are back...
Feb 04, 2022
Olympics-‘We’re not best friends’: Ukrainian and Russian athletes keep distance
By Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber and Parniyan Zemaryalai BEIJING (Reuters) - With Russian troops massed at Ukraine's borders, athletes from the two countries have formed a fragile peace at the Beijing Olym...
Feb 04, 2022
Finland’s president says Minsk agreement should be looked at again
HELSINKI (Reuters) - The Minsk agreement should be revisited to find a solution to the ongoing crisis between Ukraine and Russia, Finland's President Sauli Niinisto said on Friday. Niinisto said Russi...
Feb 04, 2022
Member of UK PM Johnson’s policy unit has quit-Conservative Home website
LONDON (Reuters) - A member of Boris Johnson's policy unit quit on Friday, a day after the director of the division resigned over the recent conduct of the British prime minister, the editor of the Co...
Feb 04, 2022
South Africa seeing more cases of Omicron sub-variant, monitoring it
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa is seeing more cases of the BA.2 sub-variant of the Omicron coronavirus variant and is monitoring it, but there is no clear sign that BA.2 is substantially differ...
Feb 04, 2022
Marketmind: Troubles come in threes…or more
A look at the day ahead in markets from Sujata Rao. Misfortunes don't come singly, so the idiom goes, and markets are being whiplashed by a whole slew of negatives, that could see this month turn agai...
Feb 04, 2022
Olympics-Snowboarding-Anderson, White face tough challenge to retain titles
By Mari Saito ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - Snowboarding at the Beijing Olympics kicks off on Saturday with reigning twice gold medallist Jamie Anderson of the United States preparing to meet the cha...
Feb 04, 2022
Japan’s Kishida confirms cooperation on China, North Korea with US ambassador
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida confirmed close cooperation in regional affairs with the new U.S. ambassador, including on North Korea and China and on global de-nuclearisation,...
Feb 04, 2022
BoE’s Bailey says wage restraint key to keeping grip on inflation
LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said inflation - already running at a 30-year high in Britain - risked getting out of control without restraint on pay rises. "I'm not saying ...
Feb 04, 2022
Olympics-Alpine skiing-Record third gold would just be a ‘bonus’, says Mayer
By Simon Evans YANQING, China - Austria's Matthias Mayer would enter the record books as the first male skier to win a gold medal in three straight Olympics if he triumphs in Sunday's downhill at the ...
Feb 04, 2022
