Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Olympics-Archery-South Korea’s An wins her third gold at Tokyo
TOKYO (Reuters) - South Korea's An San won the gold medal on Friday in the women's individual event, becoming the first archer to win three golds at a single Games. Elena Osipova of the Russian Olympi...
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics-Cycling-Shriever and Whyte land Britain first BMX medals
By Martyn Herman TOKYO (Reuters) - Britain's top-dog status in track cycling will be under attack next week in the Izu Velodrome but two unlikely new cycling heroes emerged on Friday as Bethany Shriev...
Jul 30, 2021
Mixing Russia’s Sputnik V, AstraZeneca shots proves safe in small trial -RDIF
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Trials mixing a first dose of the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine with AstraZeneca's vaccine revealed no serious side effects among volunteers, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RD...
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics-Sailing-Give us big waves over mental battles, say Britain’s Olympic sailors
ENOSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - The British pairing of Hannah Mills and Eilidh McIntyre have had to struggle with rolling waves and gusting winds at the Tokyo Games, but they would much prefer rough seas ...
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics-Cycling-Tearful Aussie Sakakibara apologises to family after crash
By Mari Saito TOKYO (Reuters) - With tears streaming down her face, Australian BMX rider Saya Sakakibara said all she could think about after crashing out of the women's Olympic semi-finals on Friday ...
Jul 30, 2021
Holcim ups operating profit view with stimulus due to kick in
By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) - Cement maker Holcim increased its guidance for full-year operating profit on Friday, saying it was looking to the impact of post-pandemic economic stimulus measures t...
Jul 30, 2021
Grisly murder of diplomat’s daughter sparks outrage over femicides in Pakistan
By Umar Farooq ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A grisly murder in the heart of Islamabad involving families from the privileged elite of Pakistani society has dominated headlines for the past week, stirring nat...
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics-Badminton-China win mixed doubles gold and silver
TOKYO (Reuters) - China's Wang Yi Lyu and Huang Dong Ping won the gold medal in the mixed doubles event at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday. Zheng Si Wei and Huang Ya Qiong - also from China - claimed the...
Jul 30, 2021
UniCredit beats profit forecasts as Monte dei Paschi talks start
By Valentina Za MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's UniCredit posted higher-than-expected second-quarter net profit on Friday, a day after agreeing to embark on formal talks with the government to buy rival Mon...
Jul 30, 2021
Bonds see large inflows, TIPS pull in record money in weekly flows – BofA
LONDON (Reuters) - Bond funds enjoyed the largest inflows in three weeks at $12.7 billion in the week to Wednesday with investors putting a record amount of $3.2 billion into Treasury Inflation-Protec...
Jul 30, 2021
