Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Olympics-Nordic Combined-Graabak of Norway wins men's large hill/10 km gold
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - Joergen Graabak of Norway won the men's large hill/10km Nordic combined gold medal at the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday. His compatriot Jens Oftebro took silver with Akito...
Thomson Reuters Feb 15, 2022
Senate panel to vote on advancing Biden's Fed picks; Raskin under microscope
By Pete Schroeder and Lindsay Dunsmuir (Reuters) - A key U.S. Senate panel is set on Tuesday to vote on President Joe Biden's slate of nominees to lead the Federal Reserve, including the renomination ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 15, 2022
Hong Kong police arrest singer for alleged sedition - media
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police said on Tuesday they had arrested a 41-year-old man for suspected sedition and money laundering, whom local media identified as singer Tommy Yuen. The Hong Kong ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 15, 2022
Malaysian girl charged with murder over death of baby born of rape
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Malaysian teenager accused of killing her newborn baby she says was conceived of rape was charged on Tuesday with murder, her lawyer said, as activists called for her to be ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 15, 2022
Machete-wielding attackers kill 15 in eastern Congo, local chief says
BENI (Reuters) - Militants armed with guns and machetes killed at least 15 people and injured four on Tuesday in an early morning raid on a village in Congo's eastern Ituri province, according to loca...
Thomson Reuters Feb 15, 2022
Futures jump on signs of easing Russia-Ukraine tensions
(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures jumped on Tuesday on news that Russia was pulling back some troops from near the Ukrainian border, in signs of a de-escalation in tensions between the two countrie...
Thomson Reuters Feb 15, 2022
Polish foreign minister proposes further Ukraine talks within OSCE
WARSAW (Reuters) - The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) wants to create a platform for talks to prevent crises like the one in Ukraine, the Polish foreign minister said on Tu...
Thomson Reuters Feb 15, 2022
German investor morale rises on expectations of easing COVID restrictions
BERLIN (Reuters) - German investor sentiment rose in February on expectations that restrictions to contain COVID-19 will ease, allowing growth in Europe's largest economy to pick up, a survey showed o...
Thomson Reuters Feb 15, 2022
Russia starts navy drills in Barents Sea - report
MOSCOW (Reuters) - More than 20 ships from Russia's Northern fleet have started drills in the Barents Sea, the Interfax news agency cited the fleet as saying on Tuesday. The exercises in the Arctic wa...
Thomson Reuters Feb 15, 2022
China's potential mRNA COVID vaccine weaker against Omicron-study
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese mRNA vaccine candidate showed a sharp drop in neutralizing antibody activity against Omicron than against the non-mutated coronavirus in a small study, but a booster read...
Thomson Reuters Feb 15, 2022
