Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Analysis-Lebanon's savers to bear burden under new rescue plan
By Samia Nakhoul, Tom Perry and Timour Azhari DUBAI/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two years into an economic meltdown the World Bank says is one of the worst recorded, Lebanon's rulers have proposed a way to plu...
Thomson Reuters Feb 02, 2022
Turkey condemns referring Kavala case to ECHR as interfering in judiciary
By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A European human rights watchdog will refer the Turkish case against philanthropist Osman Kavala back to a top European court, Turkey's forei...
Thomson Reuters Feb 02, 2022
Analysis-Stampede for euro debt sales eases in January in possible turning point
By Yoruk Bahceli (Reuters) - Euro zone markets, where investors once snapped up scarce bonds at any price, may be at a turning point after demand at government debt sales fell last month versus a year...
Thomson Reuters Feb 02, 2022
Georgieva says IMF ready to aid countries hit by Russia-Ukraine spillovers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund stands ready to help countries that may be affected by any spillover effects from a Russia-Ukraine conflict and sanctions imposed by Western gove...
Thomson Reuters Feb 02, 2022
Red Cross flags dire conditions in east Ukraine as tensions flare anew with Russia
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of people in eastern Ukraine are living in dire conditions, with poor access to basic services and under constant threat from shelling and...
Thomson Reuters Feb 02, 2022
Ackman's Pershing Square ends January down 8.2 pct
TORONTO (Reuters) - Billionaire investor William Ackman's hedge fund Pershing Square Holdings lost 8.2% in January, clawing back returns in the last week of the month after recording heavier losses. A...
Thomson Reuters Feb 02, 2022
Israeli defence chief visits Bahrain amid heightened Gulf tensions
By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz began a visit to Bahrain on Wednesday amid heightened tensions in the Gulf after missile attacks on the United Arab Emirate...
Thomson Reuters Feb 02, 2022
Michael Avenatti 'got tangled in his own web of lies' -U.S. prosecutor
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyer Michael Avenatti "got tangled in his own web of lies" after embezzling money from his former client, porn star Stormy Daniels, a U.S. prosecutor said on Wednes...
Thomson Reuters Feb 02, 2022
U.S. Army begins discharging soldiers who refuse COVID-19 vaccine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. soldiers who refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccine will be immediately discharged, the U.S. Army said on Wednesday, saying the move was critical to maintain combat readiness The ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 02, 2022
China dominates flows in January, rest of EM sees net outflows -IIF
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The China versus rest of emerging markets divide in foreign portfolio flows continued in January as $8.8 billion net flows to the world's second-largest economy contrasted with th...
Thomson Reuters Feb 02, 2022
