Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japanese stock investors talk up benefits of shelving Olympics
By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - For any country, hosting the Olympics is a major deal, both politically and economically. Yet, in a world ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic, going ahead with the Toky...
May 25, 2021
Tennis-Reducing human element is turning tennis into esport: Wilander
By Sudipto Ganguly (Reuters) - As more tournaments around the world opt for electronic line calling systems instead of human line judges, seven-times Grand Slam champion Mats Wilander says tennis is l...
May 25, 2021
Alabama governor signs bill that prohibits vaccine passports
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Monday signed a bill that prohibited private businesses and public institutions from requiring COVID-19 "vaccine passports" to access service...
May 25, 2021
Millions of COVID vaccine doses on the way for Taiwan, alert level extended
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Millions of COVID-19 vaccines are on their way for Taiwan, the health minister said on Tuesday, as he extended virus-related restrictions until the middle of June even though the tr...
May 25, 2021
Britain preparing for rise in unemployment, work minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is preparing for a rise in unemployment after a government furlough scheme initially helped stave off job losses from the COVID-19 pandemic, work and pensions minister There...
May 25, 2021
‘Music soothes pain’: Paris cellist plays for end-of-life patients
By Yiming Woo PARIS (Reuters) - Once a week, the rooms of the Jeanne Garnier palliative care home in Paris reverberate to a different sound: a solo cello. Claire Oppert, a concert cellist trained at t...
May 25, 2021
Lessor SMBC orders 14 additional 737 MAX jets from Boeing
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Aircraft leasing firm SMBC Aviation Capital has agreed to buy an additional 14 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft with a low-cost configuration, with deliveries due to begin later this year, i...
May 25, 2021
No commodities ‘super-cycle’ but copper demand from green economy bright
By Mai Nguyen and Shivani Singh HANOI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Commodities markets are unlikely to experience a "super-cycle" in the next few years, experts and audience polled at an online metals seminar ...
May 25, 2021
UK borrowing shows first annual fall since start of pandemic
LONDON (Reuters) - British public borrowing totalled 31.696 billion pounds ($44.93 billion) in April, the first month of the new financial year, down from 47.315 billion pounds a year earlier when the...
May 25, 2021
Coronavirus hit on German economy bigger than expected in first quarter
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German economy shrank by a bigger than expected 1.8% on the quarter in the first three months of the year as coronavirus curbs crushed private consumption in Europe's largest ec...
May 25, 2021
