Author Archives: Syndicated Content
No-nonsense Nigerian woman to be named boss in double first for WTO
By Emma Farge, Alexis Akwagyiram and Philip Blenkinsop GENEVA (Reuters) - Three months after the Trump administration rejected her, former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is set to recei...
Syndicated Content Feb 15, 2021
Suspected Islamists kill 16 in eastern Congo attack
By Erikas Mwisi Kambale BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Suspected Islamists killed three soldiers and 13 civilians and burnt down a church in a raid on a village in Democratic Republic ...
Syndicated Content Feb 15, 2021
France fines Google 1.1 million euros over hotel rankings practices
PARIS (Reuters) - Google Ireland and Google France have agreed to pay a 1.1 million euros ($1.34 million) fine after a probe found that Google's hotel rankings could be misleading for consumers, Franc...
Syndicated Content Feb 15, 2021
Brilliant Barty sweeps into Melbourne quarter-finals
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Ash Barty made light of the challenge of unseeded American Shelby Rogers with a commanding 6-3 6-4 victory to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open for the third year i...
Syndicated Content Feb 15, 2021
Injured Berrettini withdraws to send Tsitsipas into last eight
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Matteo Berrettini withdrew from his Australian Open fourth-round match against Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas on Monday due to an abdominal strain, the Italian ninth seed said. Berrett...
Syndicated Content Feb 15, 2021
Tennis: ‘It’s amazing!’, Russian trio make last eight at Melbourne Park
By Nick Mulvenney MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Russia's 16-year wait for a men's Grand Slam singles champion may not come to an end next Sunday but you would not bet on it lasting too long after Daniil Medve...
Syndicated Content Feb 15, 2021
Texas grid operator starts rotating blackouts amid winter storm
(Reuters) - Rotating blackouts were enforced in the U.S. state of Texas early on Monday to reduce demand on the electric system amid icy storms, state's grid operator Electric Reliability Council of T...
Syndicated Content Feb 15, 2021
Briton pleads guilty to illicit meet-up during Singapore quarantine
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A British man pleaded guilty on Monday to breaking Singapore's strict coronavirus rules by sneaking out of his hotel room to meet his fiance while he was undergoing two weeks of ...
Syndicated Content Feb 15, 2021
Canada launches 58-nation initiative to stop arbitrary detentions
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada on Monday launched a 58-nation initiative to stop countries from detaining foreign citizens for diplomatic leverage, a practice that Ottawa and Washington ...
Syndicated Content Feb 15, 2021
Mining stocks power gains in Europe on recovery optimism
By Sagarika Jaisinghani (Reuters) - European shares scaled one-year highs on Monday and mining stocks tracked a jump in copper prices as bets of more U.S. stimulus fuelled optimism around a faster glo...
Syndicated Content Feb 15, 2021
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