Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Natural catastrophe losses hit $40 billion in H1 -Swiss Re study
ZURICH (Reuters) - A deep winter freeze, hailstorms and wildfires led to natural catastrophe losses of $40 billion in the firsthalf of 2021, Swiss Re Institute's preliminary estimates showed on Thursd...
Aug 12, 2021
China’s Ningbo airport has suspended flights to and from Beijing due to ‘public health incident’
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Ningbo airport has suspended inbound and outbound flights to the capital Beijing from August 11 due to a "public health incident", state television reported on Thursday. Th...
Aug 12, 2021
Unique regional status to South Africa’s rooibos tea can turn fortunes for crop
By Tanisha Heiberg and Mike Hutchings VANRHYNSDORP, South Africa (Reuters) - Come December, when farmers near Cape Town harvest rooibos leaves, they will become the first generation to grow and sell a...
Aug 12, 2021
Athletics-Kosgei and Kitata to defend London marathon titles
(Reuters) - Kenyan world record holder Brigid Kosgei and Ethiopian Shura Kitata will defend their titles at the London Marathon in October, organisers said on Thursday. Kosgei won silver in the women'...
Aug 12, 2021
U.S. to release census data used for legislative redistricting
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - The U.S. Census Bureau will release data on Thursday from the 2020 census that states will use to draw congressional and state legislative districts for the next decade, marki...
Aug 12, 2021
Baidu revenue tops estimates, search giant announces CFO transition
(Reuters) -China's Baidu Inc reported quarterly revenue above Wall Street estimates on Thursday, buoyed by a rebound in advertising sales and higher demand for its artificial intelligence and cloud pr...
Aug 12, 2021
Major container ports in eastern China see worsening congestion after COVID cases
BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Congestion off China's top two container ports Shanghai and Ningbo is worsening following the shutdown of a container terminal in Ningbo where a COVID-19 case was detecte...
Aug 12, 2021
Lighter winds slow progress at offshore firms Orsted, RWE
By Stine Jacobsen and Christoph Steitz COPENHAGEN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Orsted and RWE, the world's two largest offshore wind players, both suffered from lighter winds in the first half of the year, hi...
Aug 12, 2021
Cloud firm Talkdesk’s valuation jumps to $10 billion after fresh funding
By Eva Mathews (Reuters) - Cloud services firm Talkdesk Inc said on Thursday it raised $230 million in fresh funding, pushing its valuation to more than $10 billion, at a time of greater demand for so...
Aug 12, 2021
Indonesia to investigate forcible restraint of Nigerian diplomat
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's foreign ministry expressed its regret on Thursday after a senior Nigerian diplomat was forcibly restrained by immigration officers in Jakarta, prompting the African cou...
Aug 12, 2021
