Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Halliburton posts Q3 profit as higher oil prices fuel drilling demand
(Reuters) - Halliburton Co on Tuesday posted a quarterly profit, compared with a year-ago loss, as demand rebounded for its oilfield services from oil and gas producers resuming drilling after crude p...
Oct 19, 2021
Russia’s Putin won’t attend G20 summit in person
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the G20 summit in Rome in person this month, but will take part in it via video link, the Kremlin said in a statement on Tuesday. Th...
Oct 19, 2021
Olympics-Beijing Games organisers receive flame amid calls for boycott
By Karolos Grohmann ATHENS (Reuters) - Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics organisers on Tuesday received the Olympic flame at a heavily-guarded Panathenaic stadium in central Athens as human rights activist...
Oct 19, 2021
Romania reports record number of deaths, COVID-19 infections
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania reported a fresh daily record of COVID-19 infections of 18,863 cases on Tuesday, and 574 deaths, a record high number since the start of the pandemic, the government said...
Oct 19, 2021
J&J raises 2021 profit view, keeps vaccine sales outlook unchanged
(Reuters) -Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday raised its adjusted profit forecast for 2021, even as it stuck to its outlook of $2.5 billion in sales from its COVID-19 vaccine this year. The company raised i...
Oct 19, 2021
Three children killed in strike on Ethiopia’s Mekelle – UN
GENEVA (Reuters) - Three children were killed and one person was wounded in an air strike on the capital of the Tigray region in Ethiopia on Monday, the United Nations cited local health workers as sa...
Oct 19, 2021
Kremlin says move to suspend Russian mission to NATO underscores absence of ties
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Tuesday that a Russian decision to halt the work of its diplomatic mission to NATO in retaliation for the expulsion of eight Russians accused of spying was a rec...
Oct 19, 2021
Hungary rate hikes “half-hearted”, says Orban aide as cbank meets
By Krisztina Than and Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's central bank faced pressure from the government to hike interest rates more quickly on Tuesday, as it meets to decide its policy re...
Oct 19, 2021
China will prevent platform monopolies and disorderly expansion of capital, Xi says
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will prevent monopolistic behaviours by internet platform companies and the disorderly expansion of capital, state Xinhua News Agency quoted president Xi Jinping as saying on...
Oct 19, 2021
Two top executives exit SoftBank-backed ride sharing firm Ola ahead of IPO
BENGALURU (Reuters) - SoftBank-backed Indian ride-hailing firm Ola's Chief Financial Officer Swayam Saurabh and Chief Operating Officer Gaurav Porwal are leaving the company, according to an internal ...
Oct 19, 2021
