Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK records 35,204 new ‘Delta’ COVID cases in latest week
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has reported 35,204 new cases of the Delta coronavirus variant in the latest week, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 111,157, Public Health England said on Frida...
Jun 25, 2021
S&P affirms China ratings, says China to maintain robust GDP growth
(Reuters) - S&P Global Ratings said on Friday that it affirmed China's ratings at A+/A-1 with a stable outlook, saying the country was likely to maintain above-average economic growth relative to othe...
Jun 25, 2021
Russia reports 20,393 new COVID-19 cases, 601 deaths
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia reported 20,393 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, including 7,916 in Moscow, taking the official national tally since the pandemic began to 5,409,088. The government coronavirus ...
Jun 25, 2021
Delta variant to be dominant in Germany in summer – health minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - The more infectious Delta coronavirus variant will become dominant in Germany over the summer, Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Friday. "The Delta variant will have the upper hand...
Jun 25, 2021
Lawyer received 70% of SoftBank shareholder votes at AGM
TOKYO (Reuters) -SoftBank Group Corp shareholders voted 69.77% in favour of electing lawyer Ken Siegel to the conglomerate's board at this week's annual shareholder meeting. The lower approval vote th...
Jun 25, 2021
Column: Only half time in public debt match
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) - Nothing is decided at half time. That appears to be as true for post-pandemic world economic policy and financial markets as for the European football championships no...
Jun 25, 2021
Take Five: The missing piece in the Fed puzzle
1/ BACK TO WORK Next Friday's U.S. employment report will allow investors to gauge whether a powerful U.S. recovery could push the Federal Reserve to start unwinding ultra-easy monetary policies soone...
Jun 25, 2021
Olympics-Canada’s Gaucher says forced to choose between going to Games or being a mum
(Reuters) - Canadian women's basketball player Kim Gaucher said she is being forced to decide between "being a breastfeeding mom or an Olympic athlete" because she cannot bring her three-month-old dau...
Jun 25, 2021
Israel requires masks indoors again as Delta variant drives up cases
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel told its citizens on Friday they must again wear masks indoors, 10 days after being allowed to ditch them, amid a sustained surge in coronavirus infections attributed to th...
Jun 25, 2021
Bhutan king treks across mountains to hold down COVID-19 fatality count
By Gopal Sharma and Rupam Jain KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Wearing a baseball cap and knee-length traditional Gho robe, carrying a backpack, Bhutan's king has walked through jungles infested with leeches an...
Jun 25, 2021
