Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Alpine skiing-Italian Paris wins last downhill before home worlds
(Reuters) - Italian Dominik Paris won a World Cup downhill in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Friday to hit top form in time for his home Alpine skiing world championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo next week. It...
Feb 05, 2021
Ukrainian economy seen rebounding sharply in second quarter as virus restrictions ease: Reuters poll
By Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) - The Ukrainian economy will rebound sharply to 10% growth in the second quarter of 2021 after five successive quarters of decline, provided the government sticks to e...
Feb 05, 2021
Good grief! Snoopy brings new antics to Peanuts streaming series
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Beloved beagle Snoopy and his friends from the Peanuts gang are starring in a new animated series for the streaming TV era. Just don't expect them to be textin...
Feb 05, 2021
LVMH tells Tiffany employees to return to office in March – WSJ
(Reuters) - A month after acquiring Tiffany & Co, French luxury goods giant LVMH told employees at the U.S. jeweller to return to the office two days a week beginning March 1, the Wall Street Journal ...
Feb 05, 2021
Turkish authorities detain 65 more people over university protests
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police detained 65 people late on Thursday over protests which first started last month at a top university, authorities said on Friday, continuing a crackdown on the prot...
Feb 05, 2021
AstraZeneca expects U.S. trial results in next 4-6 weeks, research chief says
LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca expects results from the U.S. clinical trial of its COVID-19 vaccine in the next four to six weeks, the pharma firm's research chief Mene Pangalos said on Friday. Asked ...
Feb 05, 2021
Analysis: Russia’s Navalny case casts shadow on German politics ahead of election
By Thomas Escritt and Paul Carrel BERLIN (Reuters) - Pity Germany's next chancellor. The poisoning and jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has thrust Nord Stream 2 - a pipeline to take Russian ga...
Feb 05, 2021
Virginia lawmakers to vote on abolishing death penalty
By Brendan O'Brien and Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - Lawmakers in Virginia are expected to vote on Friday to make it the first Southern state to abolish the death penalty, a significant sign of the wanin...
Feb 05, 2021
Tens of thousands sign Japanese petition against Games chief after sexist comments
TOKYO (Reuters) - A petition calling for action against Yoshiro Mori, head of the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee who caused an uproar with sexist comments, gathered tens of thousands of signature...
Feb 05, 2021
GameStop shares rise after Robinhood lifts trading curbs
(Reuters) - Shares of GameStop and other companies caught in the recent social media-hyped trading frenzy rose on Friday, after online broker Robinhood lifted all the buying curbs imposed at the heigh...
Feb 05, 2021
