Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Bitcoin nears MicroStrategy 'margin call' price
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Bitcoin neared a price level on Tuesday that could force software firm MicroStrategy Inc to stake more tokens against a bitcoin-backed loan or trigger selling of some of its vast...
Jun 14, 2022
World Bank approves $474 million loan to S.Africa for COVID vaccines
(Reuters) - The World Bank has approved a loan of 454.4 million euros ($474.4 million) to help South Africa fund COVID-19 vaccine purchases, the bank and South Africa's National Treasury said in a sta...
Jun 14, 2022
EU to buy 110,000 monkeypox vaccines with deliveries starting from end of June
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will sign an agreement with an undisclosed vaccine maker on Tuesday for the supply of about 110,000 doses of vaccines against monkeypox to be delivered from the...
Jun 14, 2022
Boxing-Mayweather to fight Asakura in exhibition bout in Japan
(Reuters) - Floyd Mayweather will take part in an exhibition fight against mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Mikuru Asakura in Japan later this year, organisers said on Tuesday. American Mayweather, wh...
Jun 14, 2022
Swiss National Bank to leave rates steady in June, raise 25 bps in Sept- Reuters poll
By Indradip Ghosh and John Revill BENGALURU/ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss National Bank will keep its negative policy interest rate unchanged on Thursday and will not raise it to zero until early next ...
Jun 14, 2022
One killed in Tajik-Kyrgyz border guard clash - sources
DUSHANBE (Reuters) - One Tajik border guard was killed and three were wounded in a clash with Kyrgyz border guards on Tuesday, four Tajik security sources told Reuters, a new bout of violence between ...
Jun 14, 2022
Pope criticises Russia over cruelty in Ukraine but says war perhaps provoked
ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis has taken a new series of swipes at Russia for its actions in Ukraine, saying its troops were brutal, cruel and ferocious, while praising Ukrainians for fighting for surv...
Jun 14, 2022
Marketmind: Shockwaves, say no more
A look at the day ahead in markets from Dhara Ranasinghe Central banks' challenge -- hiking interest rates to contain soaring inflation without wrecking their economies -- has just got harder. From st...
Jun 14, 2022
Games-NZ lawn bowler Lawson suspended for homophobic slur, to miss Commonwealth Games
(Reuters) - New Zealand lawn bowler Gary Lawson is set to miss the Commonwealth Games later this year after receiving a 16-week suspension for the use of a homophobic slur, Bowls New Zealand said on T...
Jun 14, 2022
A.B. Yehoshua, Israeli writer and peace activist, dies
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Abraham "Buli" (A. B.) Yehoshua, an Israeli writer who explored Jewish national identity while advocating for accommodation with the Palestinians, died on Tuesday aged 85, his fa...
Jun 14, 2022
