Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Australia's biggest states ease more COVID-19 curbs ahead of border reopening
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Singing and dancing will resume in nightclubs in Sydney and Melbourne from Friday, while most mandatory check-ins have been scrapped as officials lifted nearly all COVID-19 curbs in...
Thomson Reuters Feb 17, 2022
UN aviation experts contemplate tougher emissions standards for aircraft
By Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) - UN aviation experts are again discussing toughening emissions standards for commercial aircraft, less than six years before a previously agreed clampdown takes ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 17, 2022
Hong Kong says 20,000 hotel rooms earmarked for quarantine as COVID cases surge
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong has identified more than 20,000 hotel rooms for quarantine accommodation, leader Carrie Lam said on Friday, as property developers piled in to support the global financ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 17, 2022
Athletics-Olympic 1,500m champ Ingebrigtsen breaks indoor world mark
(Reuters) - Olympic 1,500m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen broke the world indoor record for the distance on Thursday night in another display of speed and strength that suggests his Tokyo success was onl...
Thomson Reuters Feb 17, 2022
Yen bid, bitcoin battered as Ukraine fears leave traders nervous
By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) - The safe-haven yen gained more ground on the dollar on Friday as U.S. President Joe Biden said Moscow is preparing a pretext to justify a possible attack on Ukraine,...
Thomson Reuters Feb 17, 2022
Stocks drop as investors cut risk on Ukraine tension
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian markets slipped on Friday and gold stood at an eight-month high after an exchange of fire in eastern Ukraine and renewed U.S. warnings of an imminent Russi...
Thomson Reuters Feb 17, 2022
Ternium says to invest $1 billion in Mexico expansion
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Steel producer Ternium plans to spend around $1 billion on expanding its plant in northern Mexico, a top executive said during a call to discuss fourth-quarter results. "The co...
Thomson Reuters Feb 17, 2022
S.Korea daily COVID-19 cases top 100,000 for first time - KDCA
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's new daily COVID-19 cases topped 100,000 for the first time amid an Omicron outbreak, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said on Friday, though deaths have ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 17, 2022
Buffett says Berkshire's Activision purchase was 'no bonanza'
(Reuters) - Warren Buffett said Berkshire Hathaway Inc's recent investment in Activision Blizzard Inc has been "no bonanza" for Berkshire, and was made without knowing the video game maker would recei...
Thomson Reuters Feb 17, 2022
Tenaris to invest $190 million on new wind farm in Argentina
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Steel pipes manufacturer Tenaris will spend $190 million on the construction of a new Argentine wind farm expected to come online by mid-2023, the company said in a statement ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 17, 2022
