Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Olympics-Boxing-Paalam puts Philippines in frame for gold, Harrington through
By Martin Petty and Philip O'Connor TOKYO (Reuters) - Flyweight Carlo Paalam put himself in contention for the Philippines' first-ever Olympic boxing gold on Thursday, while Irish top seed Kellie Anne...
Aug 05, 2021
S.Korea’s Moon pledges $1.92 billion by 2025 to boost COVID-19 vaccine production
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday he plans to invest 2.2 trillion won ($1.92 billion) to turn the country into one of the world's five largest COVID...
Aug 05, 2021
Glencore to return $2.8 billion to shareholders after record first half
LONDON (Reuters) - Glencore will return $2.8 billion to shareholders after soaring commodity prices helped the mining and trading company to a record performance for the first six months of the year, ...
Aug 05, 2021
Olympics-Wrestling- Governing body says Kazakh athlete’s bite “unintentional”, no action sought
TOKYO (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's Nurislam Sanayev's got his teeth into the Tokyo 2020 Games, but his rival Ravi Kumar of India wasn't expecting to find them cutting into his skin. Sanayev lost to Kumar ...
Aug 05, 2021
Rolls-Royce sticks to 2021 forecasts despite slow travel recovery
LONDON (Reuters) - British engine-maker Rolls-Royce said it was on track to meet its forecasts for 2021, reassuring investors that despite a muted recovery in long-haul travel across the world its cos...
Aug 05, 2021
Ad group WPP beats Q2 forecasts as growth returns to 2019 levels
LONDON (Reuters) - WPP, the world's biggest advertising company, said underlying net sales jumped 19.3% in the second quarter, beating expectations and taking first-half growth to 11%, ahead of 2019 a...
Aug 05, 2021
Olympics-Sharing videos on social media from Tokyo Games is not allowed -IOC
By Karolos Grohmann TOKYO (Reuters) - Sharing videos from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on social media is not allowed, even for athletes, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Thursday as ...
Aug 05, 2021
Olympics-Athletics-Thiam takes heptathlon lead heading into finale
TOKYO (Reuters) - Defending Olympic champion Nafi Thiam seized control of the heptathlon on Thursday with the day's best performance in the javelin and long jump, leaving the Belgian with just the fin...
Aug 05, 2021
Flurry of emissions pledges still not enough to meet global climate goals
By Kate Abnett and Valerie Volcovici (Reuters) - Despite a recent flurry of new national emissions pledges, the world is still far away from preventing catastrophic climate change, experts say - notin...
Aug 05, 2021
Apis Partners invests $32 million in Indonesia digital payments firm
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - London-headquartered private equity asset manager Apis Partners LLP said on Thursday it has invested $32 million in DOKU, an Indonesian digital payments firm owned by tech and me...
Aug 05, 2021
