Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Norway’s wealth fund earned $46 billion in first quarter as stocks rose
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, posted a first-quarter profit thanks to strong stock markets, it said on Wednesday. The fund had a 4.0% return on in...
Apr 21, 2021
Column: When geopolitics matters to markets
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) - Fractious geopolitics doesn't always move world markets - but the summer of 2021 may give us some glimpse about exactly where and how it does. With the new U.S. admini...
Apr 21, 2021
PNG passes 10,000 infections as COVID-19 spreads beyond the capital
(Fixes grammar in par 8) SYDNEY (Reuters) -The number of coronavirus infections in Papua New Guinea (PNG) rose past 10,000 on Wednesday, an alarming milestone for the Pacific country as health officia...
Apr 21, 2021
Special Report: Hong Kong activists retreat as China-style justice comes to their city
By Reuters Staff (Reuters) - On March 23, a Hong Kong High Court judge denied former Democratic Party lawmaker Andrew Wan's bail appeal and sent him back to Lai Chi Kok prison. "Keep going!" Wan shout...
Apr 21, 2021
Navalny’s spokeswoman Yarmysh detained near house before protests, says lawyer
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Kira Yarmysh, spokeswoman for jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, was detained near her house, her lawyer said on Wednesday, ahead of protests planned across Russia over Navalny's...
Apr 21, 2021
Sri Lanka reports six cases of blood clots among AstraZeneca vaccine recipients, 3 dead
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Sri Lanka has found six cases of blood clots among recipients of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, three of whom have died, Health Minister Pavithra Waniarachchi told parliament ...
Apr 21, 2021
Four crew dead, 9 missing after cargo ship runs aground in Philippines
MANILA (Reuters) - Four crew members from a cargo ship that ran aground off the southern Philippines have died, while seven have been rescued and a search is continuing for nine others, the Philippine...
Apr 21, 2021
S&P says Huarong events could prompt review of state support
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - S&P Global Ratings said on Wednesday that concerns over the creditworthiness of subsidiaries of Chinese bad-loan giant China Huarong Asset Management Co Ltd could prompt it to rev...
Apr 21, 2021
Greece aims to reopen restaurants next month: state minister
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece was to allow restaurants to re-open early next month, state minister George Gerapetritis said on Wednesday. "Our intention is to have a coordinated opening of the restaurants...
Apr 21, 2021
New Zealand says farewell to Prince Philip at memorial service
SYDNEY (Reuters) - New Zealand held an official memorial service for Prince Philip in Wellington, the country's capital, on Wednesday, where Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gave a reading. Attended by c...
Apr 21, 2021
