Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Germany’s Daimler sees 2021 pandemic recovery lifting sales, profits
By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) - Daimler AG expects significant improvements in sales and operating profit in 2021 and will make up for lost production caused by a semiconductor chip shortage by the e...
Feb 18, 2021
Georgia’s prime minister resigns, opposition calls for early elections
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia announced his resignation on Thursday, a move that prompted celebration from the opposition and calls for early elections. Gakharia, who had ...
Feb 18, 2021
NHL roundup: Panthers rally to beat Hurricanes in OT
Jonathan Huberdeau had two goals -- including the overtime winner -- and an assist as the Florida Panthers rallied to defeat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Wednesday night in Raleigh, N.C. The Panther...
Feb 18, 2021
Russian court weighs jail term for anti-Kremlin activist under ‘undesirable’ law
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Thursday was expected to hand down a verdict in the trial of Anastasia Shevchenko, an anti-Kremlin activist whom state prosecutors want jailed for five years for ...
Feb 18, 2021
Rally in mining stocks helps Europe shake off earnings gloom
(Reuters) - European shares rose on Thursday as mining stocks tracked a jump in commodity prices and helped outweigh the impact from a clutch of disappointing earnings reports from companies including...
Feb 18, 2021
German police raid criminal Arab, Chechen clans in Berlin, Brandenburg
BERLIN (Reuters) - Several hundred police and special forces officers raided more than 20 locations in Berlin and Brandenburg on Thursday as part of an investigation into organised crime, arms and dru...
Feb 18, 2021
Africa COVID-19 deaths near 100,000 after second wave
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Africa's total reported death toll from COVID-19 was approaching 100,000 on Thursday, a fraction of those reported on other continents but rising fast as a second wave of infe...
Feb 18, 2021
Japan must toughen regulation if ‘joint approach’ e-commerce law falls short: lawmaker
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese policymakers must keep open the option of toughening regulations on technology giants if an e-commerce law introduced this month does not work as expected...
Feb 18, 2021
Apple lobbies for India incentives as it plans iPad assembly: sources
By Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Apple Inc is angling to participate in a new scheme to boost India's exports of computer products, part of what government and industry sources say are plans...
Feb 18, 2021
Japan’s Osaka says Tokyo 2020 chief resignation over sexist comments was “really good”
By Leela de Kretser MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Japan's three-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka said on Thursday that the resignation of former prime minister Yoshiro Mori as the head of the Tokyo 2020 org...
Feb 18, 2021
