Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Israel cenbank should be set to tighten if inflation gains further -IMF
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's central bank should be prepared to raise interest rates and taper foreign exchange intervention if inflation pressures intensify further, the Internatio...
Feb 06, 2022
Russia invasion of Ukraine could be soon but talks still an option, U.S. official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Russia could invade Ukraine within days or weeks but could still opt for a diplomatic path forward, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday. "We are in...
Feb 06, 2022
Olympics-Freestyle skiing-China-born U.S. skier Owens wins over viewers
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - American freestyle skier Kai Owens may have been eliminated in the second round of the women's freestyle moguls final on Sunday, but the China-born teenager received ple...
Feb 06, 2022
Olympics-Luge-Ludwig of Germany takes gold in men’s singles
YANQING, China (Reuters) - Johannes Ludwig of Germany won the gold medal in the men's singles luge at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Sunday. Wolfgang Kindl of Austria took the silver medal with Domini...
Feb 06, 2022
U.S., Japan, S. Korea to weigh N.Korea following recent missile launches
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. special representative for North Korea will meet with Japanese and South Korean officials later this week, the U.S. State Department said on Sunday, following a series o...
Feb 06, 2022
Olympics-Speed skating-Three-times champion Kramer skates his final 5000m race
By Sakura Murakami BEIJING (Reuters) - The Netherlands' Sven Kramer skated in his last Olympic 5000m race in Beijing on Sunday, signing off from an event he once dominated with three consecutive gold ...
Feb 06, 2022
U.S. troops arrive in Poland to reinforce Eastern Europe allies
WARSAW (Reuters) - A plane carrying U.S. troops landed in Poland on Sunday, a Reuters witness said, as Washington reinforces its NATO allies in Eastern Europe amid a Russian military build-up on Ukrai...
Feb 06, 2022
Rugby-Blues chief says COVID curbs ‘a bit silly’
(Corrects Andrew Hore's job in first paragraph to chief executive, not coach in Feb 5 story.) (Reuters) - Auckland Blues chief executive Andrew Hore has expressed frustrations with New Zealand's COVID...
Feb 06, 2022
PREVIEW-Olympics-Alpine skiing-All eyes on Shiffrin in the giant slalom
By Simon Jennings YANQING, China (Reuters) - American Mikaela Shiffrin's rivals see her as the skier to beat when the women's Alpine programme at the Beijing Olympics gets underway with the giant slal...
Feb 06, 2022
Pope says female genital mutilation affronts dignity, must end
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis condemned female genital mutilation and trafficking of women for prostitution on Sunday, calling them humiliating affronts to women's dignity a...
Feb 06, 2022
