Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Boxed out: China’s exports pinched by global run on shipping containers
By Stella Qiu, Shivani Singh and Roslan Khasawneh BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China's world-beating economic rebound from the coronavirus pandemic is being blunted by a global shortage of shipping c...
Dec 10, 2020
Al Michaels wins Ford Frick Award
Former play-by-play announcer Al Michaels was named the winner of the Ford C. Frick Award for broadcast excellence on Wednesday by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Michaels, 76, will be ...
Dec 10, 2020
World indoor championships in China postponed again until 2023
(Reuters) - The World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China have been pushed back again to March 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the sport's global governing body said on Thursday. The e...
Dec 10, 2020
France reports second bird flu outbreak on farm
PARIS (Reuters) - Highly contagious bird flu has been detected at a second farm in the Landes region in southwest France, the local authorities said, as the disease continues to spread across Europe. ...
Dec 10, 2020
Female journalist killed by gunmen in Afghanistan
JALALABAD/KABUL (Reuters) - Gunmen shot and killed a female television journalist, who was also a women's rights activist, in Afghanistan on Thursday, an incident that underscores an increasing trend ...
Dec 10, 2020
Russia reports 27,927 new coronavirus cases, 562 deaths
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia confirmed 27,927 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours on Thursday, pushing the national tally to 2,569,126. Authorities said 562 people had died overnight, taking the o...
Dec 10, 2020
Factbox: How the novel coronavirus has evolved
By Jane Wardell, Simon Scarr and JITESH CHOWDHURY SYDNEY (Reuters) - As the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has swept across the world, killing more than 1.5 million people over the past year, it has mutated i...
Dec 10, 2020
Brexit hangs in the balance ahead of new Sunday deadline
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain and the European Union still have significant differences over a Brexit trade deal so real progress needs to be made to keep talking beyond the new deadline of Sunday, Foreig...
Dec 10, 2020
Banks warn EU of disruption in derivatives markets in January
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Financial markets will be disrupted in January unless the European Union allows the bloc's investors to use derivatives trading platforms in London, a group of seven fi...
Dec 10, 2020
Britain’s Ocado raises earnings outlook again on strong trading
LONDON (Reuters) - British online supermarket Ocado Group raised its core earnings forecast for 2019-20 for the second time in two months on Thursday as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to generate hug...
Dec 10, 2020
