Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Stretched Senegalese hospitals overwhelmed by third COVID wave
By Alessandra Prentice DAKAR (Reuters) - Idrissa Lo rushed back to Senegal from the United States when family members started falling sick with COVID-19 and dying. On Wednesday, he mourned a fifth fam...
Syndicated Content Jul 29, 2021
British drone insurer Flock raises $17 million led by Palihapitiya
LONDON (Reuters) - British drone insurer Flock has raised $17 million from investors in early-stage funding led by venture investor Chamath Palihapitiya's Social Capital, Flock said on Thursday. Flock...
Syndicated Content Jul 29, 2021
Oman extends nightly COVID-19 lockdown
DUBAI (Reuters) - Oman on Thursday extended a nightly lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus, with movement and commercial activities to be restricted between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. until furth...
Syndicated Content Jul 29, 2021
German unemployment falls in sign of continuing recovery
BERLIN (Reuters) - German unemployment fell in July as companies hired more staff in light of a recovery in Europe's largest economy, official figures showed on Thursday. The Labour Office said the nu...
Syndicated Content Jul 29, 2021
Olympics-Basketball-Slovenia powers past Japan to go up 2-0
By Rocky Swift SAITAMA (Reuters) - Slovenia rolled over Japan 116-81 in Olympic men's basketball on Thursday, overwhelming the heroics of Rui Hachimura for the host nation. Slovenia improved to 2-0 in...
Syndicated Content Jul 29, 2021
LG Chem’s Q2 profit handily beats estimates on lawsuit money
SEOUL (Reuters) - LG Chem Ltd posted a four-fold surge in second-quarter profit that trumped market expectations, helped by settlement payments from legal disputes with its rival SK Innovation Co Ltd ...
Syndicated Content Jul 29, 2021
Olympics-Canoeing-Australia’s Fox wins gold women’s canoe slalom
TOKYO (Reuters) - Australia's Jessica Fox won gold in the first ever women's canoe slalom on Thursday, with the silver medal going to Britain's Mallory Franklin. Germany's Andrea Herzog took bronze. (...
Syndicated Content Jul 29, 2021
Education tech, advertising lift Russia’s Mail.ru revenues
(Reuters) - Russian internet group Mail.ru Group said on Thursday its second-quarter revenue rose 17.4% to 29.99 billion roubles ($409 million), boosted by a recovery in the online advertising market ...
Syndicated Content Jul 29, 2021
Olympics-Volleyball-Serbia thrash Kenya, S Korea scrape past Dominican Republic
TOKYO (Reuters) - World champions Serbia remained unbeaten in Pool A of women's volleyball at the Tokyo Olympics with a 25-21 25-11 25-20 victory over Kenya on Thursday while South Korea edged the Dom...
Syndicated Content Jul 29, 2021
Lindt chocolate bunny’s gold tone is trademark protected – Germany’s federal court
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's federal court said on Thursday that the gold tone of the Lindt & Spruengli chocolate bunny has trademark protection, supporting the position of the claimants. Lindt had br...
Syndicated Content Jul 29, 2021

