Author Archives: Syndicated Content
BlackRock profit beats estimates as assets reach $9.49 trillion
(Reuters) -BlackRock Inc, the world's largest asset manager, reported a 28% jump in second-quarter profit on Wednesday that handily beat estimates as investors poured more money into the company's fun...
Jul 14, 2021
Retired Ukraine police attempt to storm parliament
KYIV (Reuters) - Several hundred retired Ukrainian police officers attempted to storm the parliament building on Wednesday demanding an increase in their pensions. The demonstration took place a day a...
Jul 14, 2021
Russia tells ‘hypocritical’ Afghan government to negotiate with Taliban
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin's most senior Afghanistan official accused the Afghan government of hypocrisy on Wednesday and said it needed to start proper negotiations with the Taliban about the cou...
Jul 14, 2021
Motor racing-F1 Sprint debuts as Silverstone welcomes back the fans
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen both won at Silverstone last year but an experimental new race format poses a fresh challenge for Formula One's title rivals on the...
Jul 14, 2021
Higher inflation, virus risks follow Fed’s Powell to Congress
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell begins two days of grilling by U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday with the country facing faster-than-anticipated inflation...
Jul 14, 2021
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation countries call for end to violence in Afghanistan
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Wednesday called for an end to violence in Afghanistan against civilians and the authorities and urged the Af...
Jul 14, 2021
Russia rebuffs ‘meddling’ European court ruling on same-sex unions
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia on Wednesday said a call by Europe's top human rights court telling Moscow to formally recognise same-sex unions amounted to "meddling" in Russia's domestic affairs and that s...
Jul 14, 2021
Putin, U.S. envoy Kerry discussed climate change in phone call -Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed climate change in a phone call with the United States' climate change envoy John Kerry, who is in Moscow on a working visit, the Kremlin s...
Jul 14, 2021
After EU tax win, Yellen will try to sell U.S. Republicans on global tax deal
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Janet Yellen's first visit to continental Europe as Treasury Secretary helped solidify G20 political support for a global corporate tax deal and gave European Un...
Jul 14, 2021
‘We’re drowning’: Argentines struggle under COVID-19 as death toll nears 100,000
By Agustin Marcarian and Miguel Lo Bianco CORDOBA/BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - In the San Vicente cemetery in the central Argentine city of Cordoba, Sandra del Valle Pereyra, 50, has come to visit the gra...
Jul 14, 2021
