Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Sailing: Spithill keen to come back for another America’s Cup tilt
(Reuters) - Luna Rossa co-helmsman Jimmy Spithill says he has unfinished business at the America's Cup after tactical errors and poor execution saw the Australian suffer a second successive loss to Te...
Mar 17, 2021
Russia says British nuclear plans deal serious blow to arms control: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Britain's plans to expand its nuclear capabilities have dealt a serious blow to the concept of arms control, the RIA news agency reported Russia's foreign ministry as saying on Wedn...
Mar 17, 2021
Biden administration not taking sides in UK-EU rift on Northern Ireland: aide
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration will not take sides in a British-European Union rift over the movement of goods to Northern Ireland, a senior U.S. official said ahe...
Mar 17, 2021
Campaign group asks S&P to cut Adani Ports from DJ Sustainability index
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Environmental campaign group Market Forces has asked S&P Global to remove India's Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd from a Dow Jones Sustainability Index, citing its ties...
Mar 17, 2021
European shares tread water ahead of Fed outcome
(Reuters) - European stocks were flat on Wednesday as most investors stayed on the sidelines ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy decision, while German carmaker BMW jumped after forecasting sig...
Mar 17, 2021
Some UK financial firms blame COVID for missing target of women in senior roles
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Most financial firms and institutions signed up to a UK finance ministry backed charter met their 2020 targets for women in senior management as those who fell behind b...
Mar 17, 2021
Japan’s Nishikori eyes top-five return in second chapter of career
(Reuters) - Japan's Kei Nishikori feels like he is in the second stage of his career after the last few years were interrupted by injuries but the 31-year-old says his goal remains to get back to the ...
Mar 17, 2021
Volkswagen sees 2021 sales, earnings to rise, plans more electric car deliveries
(Reuters) - Volkswagen said on Wednesday it expects its 2021 deliveries, sales and earnings to come in above the previous year's level, as it announced the start of its new strategy. The group said it...
Mar 17, 2021
COVID ‘tornado’ hitting Papua New Guinea’s fragile hospitals, say health workers
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Rapidly increasing COVID-19 infections in hospitals in the Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea were hitting its fragile health system "like a tornado", with ...
Mar 17, 2021
New York stays top in finance as London loses ground, index shows
LONDON (Reuters) - New York kept the top spot in the latest Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI), with London clinging on to second place in the face of competition from Shanghai and other Asian cent...
Mar 17, 2021
