Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Traders rush to supply fuel to the U.S. as Texas freeze bites
By Ahmad Ghaddar, Stephanie Kelly and Laura Sanicola LONDON (Reuters) - Massive refining outages in the U.S. state of Texas due to freezing weather has led to a flurry of fuel tanker bookings from Eur...
Feb 19, 2021
Dutch government fighting in court and Senate to keep coronavirus curfew
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government was fighting on two fronts on Friday to maintain a night-time curfew it says is vital to slow a third wave of coronavirus cases less than a month before a na...
Feb 19, 2021
UK court blocks release of HSBC papers in Huawei CFO fraud case
LONDON (Reuters) - A British judge on Friday blocked the release of internal HSBC documents relating to U.S. fraud allegations against Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou. Meng is facing charg...
Feb 19, 2021
Schwazer says doping verdict better than gold, hints at Tokyo
(Reuters) - Banned Italian former Olympic 50km walk champion Alex Schwazer indicated on Friday he had not completely given up on competing at the Tokyo Games after a court dismissed a doping case agai...
Feb 19, 2021
Texas weather crisis deepens Chinese belief they’re ‘on right path’, says foreign ministry
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry said on Friday that seeing the plight of Americans suffering in a severe winter storm that hit the state of Texas this week reinforced a belief among Chine...
Feb 19, 2021
As U.S. pork plant speeds up slaughtering, workers report more injuries
By Tom Polansek and P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO (Reuters) - One of America's leading pig slaughterhouses is running faster than ever as meatpackers hustle to keep pork in grocery stores during the COVID-...
Feb 19, 2021
It is official: U.S. back in the Paris climate club
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States officially rejoined the Paris climate agreement on Friday, reinvigorating the global fight against climate change as the Biden administrat...
Feb 19, 2021
Analysis: Robinhood CEO’s U.S. lawmaker grilling spotlights broker’s hidden risks
By Michelle Price and Anna Irrera WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev told a congressional hearing that his decision to curb buying in some stocks such as GameStop Corp during a period of ...
Feb 19, 2021
Exclusive: Coming bill would allow U.S. news publishers to team up when negotiating with Facebook, Google
By Diane Bartz and Helen Coster WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bipartisan members of Congress plan to introduce a bill in coming weeks to make it easier for smaller news organizations to negotiate with Big Te...
Feb 19, 2021
Medvedev marches into Australian Open final
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Russia's Daniil Medvedev lived up to Novak Djokovic's praise as the "man to beat" at the Australian Open as he booked his first Melbourne Park final with a 6-4 6-2 ...
Feb 19, 2021
