Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Olympics-Alpine skiing-Goggia aims for repeat in downhill
By Simon Evans YANQING, China (Reuters) - Italy's Sofia Goggia is aiming to become only the second woman to win back-to-back Olympic golds in women's downhill in Tuesday's race on "The Rock" after a h...
Thomson Reuters Feb 14, 2022
Exclusive-Greece to repay last IMF loans by March, achieve primary surplus in 2023-Finance Minister
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece will repay the final tranches of bailout loans owed to the International Monetary Fund by the end of March, two years ahead of schedule, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 14, 2022
Global chip sales hit record in 2021, will grow 8.8% in 2022 -SIA
By Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) - The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) on Monday said that global chip sales hit a record in 2021 at $555.9 billion, up 26.2% on the year, and it forecast 8.8% gro...
Thomson Reuters Feb 14, 2022
Analysis-Lula warms to independent Brazil central bank, breaking with party
By Marcela Ayres, Bernardo Caram and Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) - Leading economists in and around Brazil's Workers Party are nearly united in scorn for a new law shielding the central ban...
Thomson Reuters Feb 14, 2022
U.S. Republicans try to out-Trump each other with tough border rhetoric ahead of election
By Ted Hesson and Alexandra Ulmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the past year, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has deployed thousands of National Guard troops to the southern U.S. border, begun building a new ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 14, 2022
Explainer-What charges does ex-Goldman banker Ng face in 1MDB corruption trial?
By Luc Cohen (Reuters) - Opening statements in former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng's U.S. corruption trial https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/rogue-employee-or-goldman-scapegoat-ex-bankers-1mdb-corru...
Thomson Reuters Feb 14, 2022
Thais make amulets from plastic waste to inspire more recycling
By Jiraporn Kuhakan BANGKOK (Reuters) - Hoping to inspire more Thais to recycle plastic waste, two local companies have teamed up to make Buddhist amulets by using nine types of recyclable materials r...
Thomson Reuters Feb 14, 2022
Nuclear talks 'not at a dead end', Iran foreign ministry spokesman says
DUBAI (Reuters) - Talks to salvage Iran's 2015 nuclear deal are not at a dead end but key outstanding issues require political decisions by the West, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday. ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 14, 2022
Olympics-Snowboarding-Tiger Lefevre misses a trick in loving farewell
By Krystal Hu BEIJING (Reuters) - In a sport normally judged by gravity-defying tricks, French freestyle snowboarder Lucile Lefevre produced a memorable performance in her last Big Air competition wit...
Thomson Reuters Feb 14, 2022
Olympics-Zhang's wife tells of director's sacrifice for Games ceremony
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) - The wife of Chinese film director Zhang Yimou said her husband's role overseeing the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics had pushed his healt...
Thomson Reuters Feb 14, 2022
