Author Archives: Syndicated Content
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
Greece advises its citizens in Ukraine to depart "immediately"
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's foreign ministry issued an advisory on Monday urging Greek nationals in Ukraine to depart "immediately". The United States said on Sunday that Russia could invade Ukraine a...
Thomson Reuters Feb 14, 2022
Column-Funds on right side of historic U.S. bond market move: McGeever
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - Hedge funds look to be on the right side of the seismic moves in Treasuries that have propelled short-dated borrowing costs higher, intensified flattening p...
Thomson Reuters Feb 14, 2022
German troops arrive to reinforce Baltics amid tensions over Ukraine
KAUNAS AIRPORT, Lithuania (Reuters) - A German military aircraft carrying troop reinforcements landed at Lithuania's Kaunas airport on Monday, a Reuters eyewitness said, the first of several planned d...
Thomson Reuters Feb 14, 2022
Olympics-Nordic combined-Riiber racing against time to make final competitions
By Philip O'Connor ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - Norway's Jarl Magnus Riiber is in a race against time to get out of isolation to compete at the Beijing Games, and having delivered three negative COV...
Thomson Reuters Feb 14, 2022
