Author Archives: Syndicated Content
G20 want 70% of world vaccinated by mid-2022, set up task force for pandemic fight
ROME (Reuters) - Finance and health ministers from the world's 20 biggest economies (G20) said on Friday they wanted 70% of the world's population vaccinated against COVID-19 over the next eight month...
Oct 29, 2021
High lithium costs start to feed into prices of China EV batteries -BMI
By Pratima Desai LONDON (Reuters) - Soaring costs of materials such as lithium and nickel used to make electric vehicle batteries are starting to feed through into prices of these batteries in China, ...
Oct 29, 2021
Belarus classifies social media channels as ‘extremist’ in new crackdown
(Reuters) - The Belarusian interior ministry on Friday classified three of the country's most popular opposition social media channels as extremist organisations, meaning that people can face up to se...
Oct 29, 2021
Apple set to hand crown of world’s most valuable company to Microsoft
By Subrat Patnaik (Reuters) - Apple Inc is set to lose its crown as the world's most valuable public company to Microsoft Corp if the iPhone maker's shares continue their downward slide when the marke...
Oct 29, 2021
Higher inflation primary risk to portfolios as funds trim bond holdings
By Tushar Goenka BENGALURU (Reuters) - Global funds flagged higher inflation as the top risk to their portfolios over the coming three months, cutting recommended bond holdings to the lowest in nearly...
Oct 29, 2021
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: South Korea eases curbs South Korea said on Friday it will drop all operating-hour curbs on restaurants and cafes and implemen...
Oct 29, 2021
Kosovo pays high health price for cheap coal power targeted by climate talks
PALAJ, Kosovo (Reuters) - Skender Smajli, 64, spends 15 hours a day on an oxygen tube because of what his doctors say is chronic pulmonary disease incurred from decades of exposure to air pollution em...
Oct 29, 2021
Royal Caribbean misses quarterly revenue estimates
(Reuters) - Royal Caribbean Group missed market estimates for quarterly revenue on Friday, as people continue to remain apprehensive about going on cruises due to fears of contracting COVID-19. Cruise...
Oct 29, 2021
South Korea’s Moon meets pope, urges him to visit North Korea
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in met Pope Francis on Friday, giving him a cross made from barbed wire from the peninsula's demilitarized zone and again ur...
Oct 29, 2021
Banco BPM, BPER shares plunge on fading M&A appeal
By Andrea Mandala and Valentina Za MILAN (Reuters) - Shares in mid-sized Italian banks Banco BPM and BPER Banca fell sharply on Friday, hit by reduced appeal to potential suitors after Italy proposed ...
Oct 29, 2021
