Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Chevron kicks off oil industry’s fourth quarter results with a miss
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Chevron Corp on Friday reported a fourth quarter profit that missed Wall Street estimates despite sharply higher oil and gas prices. The first of the major oil companies to report ...
Jan 28, 2022
Elusive whale stranded near beach in coastal Athens
ATHENS (Reuters) - Rescuers on Friday were trying to free a beaked whale which has surfaced in Greek waters, trapped near a beach on the Athens riviera, officials said. The coast guard, veterinarians,...
Jan 28, 2022
Merck’s COVID-19 pill effective against Omicron in lab studies
(Reuters) - Merck and partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics said on Friday six lab studies showed that their experimental oral COVID-19 drug, molnupiravir, was active against the Omicron variant. (Reporti...
Jan 28, 2022
Russia says it wants peace but has ‘gun on the table’ – U.S. envoy
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russia says it does not want war but has placed a "gun on the table" in its negotiations with the United States by massing troops on Ukraine's borders, U.S. Ambass...
Jan 28, 2022
Tennis-Nadal surprised but amazed with Australian Open final run
By Sudipto Ganguly MELBOURNE (Reuters) - It was little wonder that Rafa Nadal was left sobbing into his shirt on Friday -- because even he did not expect to make the Australian Open final after all th...
Jan 28, 2022
Putin, Xi to discuss European security amid Ukraine standoff – Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian and Chinese presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping will spend a "lot of time" discussing security in Europe and the set of demands Moscow has made of the West when they me...
Jan 28, 2022
Caterpillar revenue beats estimates on rebound in construction demand
(Reuters) -Caterpillar Inc beat quarterly revenue estimates on Friday on sustained demand for its heavy machinery and construction equipment as global economic activity recovers from pandemic lows. Th...
Jan 28, 2022
Magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes south of Panama –EMSC
(Reuters) - A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck south of Panama on Friday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake had a depth of 15 km (9.32 miles), EMSC said. (Reporting...
Jan 28, 2022
China raises first batch of 2022 rare earth quota by 20%
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China has set the first batch of its 2022 rare earth mining output quota at 100,800 tonnes, 20% higher than the same time last year, according to a government statement on Friday...
Jan 28, 2022
Tennis-Medvedev takes down Tsitsipas to set up Nadal date in final
By Courtney Walsh MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Daniil Medvedev will play Rafa Nadal for the Australian Open title on Sunday after a stirring victory over Greek fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semi-final...
Jan 28, 2022
