Author Archives: Syndicated Content
COVID: French domestic travel restrictions to end on May 3 – government source
PARIS (Reuters) - French domestic travel restrictions, set up to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus, will end on May 3, said a government source, as President Emmanuel Macron's administration eyes ...
Apr 21, 2021
German government agrees to expand military mission in Mali
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government on Wednesday approved plans to expand the country's military training mission in Mali, a government source said. Up to 600 troops will be deployed in Mali as p...
Apr 21, 2021
Dubai’s commodities hub plans Gulf’s first blockchain-backed facility
DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) plans to create the first precious metals refinery and storage facility in the Gulf region enabled by blockchain technology. The facility will r...
Apr 21, 2021
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
