Author Archives: Syndicated Content
BlackRock sees coal, oil power projects facing investment challenges
ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Coal and oil-fired power generation projects will find it difficult to secure investments, BlackRock Inc. Managing Director Eduard Ruijs said on Wednesday. Natural gas-fired powe...
Nov 17, 2021
Thai lawmakers reject bill aimed at weakening military's political role
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's legislature shot down on Wednesday a draft bill aimed at strengthening democracy, in which its backers sought to scrap or overhaul of key institutions they said had been...
Nov 17, 2021
Cambodia frees 26 opposition activists and political prisoners
By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia has released 26 political, environmental and youth activists facing charges of incitement against the government, which human rights groups said was a...
Nov 17, 2021
Russia's Sputnik V vaccine shows 96.3% COVID-19 efficacy in Belarus - RDIF
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Sputnik V vaccine has demonstrated 96.3% efficacy against COVID-19 during the vaccination campaign in Belarus, Russia's RDIF sovereign wealth fund said on Wednesday, down f...
Nov 17, 2021
Cricket: Governing body ICC forms working group to determine cricket's Afghan future
(Reuters) - The International Cricket Council has set up a working group to determine the future of the game in Afghanistan under its Taliban government, the world governing body said on Wednesday. Af...
Nov 17, 2021
British Land swings to profit as rent collection improves
(Reuters) -Commercial landlord British Land Co Plc swung to a half-year profit on Wednesday on improved rent collection and higher value of its office spaces and retail parks. Office property firms in...
Nov 17, 2021
Sage posts 10% drop in operating profit after investing in cloud
LONDON (Reuters) - British software company Sage Group reported a 10% drop in full-year organic operating profit to 343 million pounds ($461 million) on Wednesday as investment in its cloud offer sque...
Nov 17, 2021
Azerbaijan says seven of its soldiers killed in border clashes with Armenia
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Azerbaijan's defence ministry said on Wednesday seven of its soldiers were killed and another 10 wounded in border clashes with Armenia on Nov. 16. Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed on ...
Nov 17, 2021
U.S. secures GSK-Vir COVID-19 antibody drug doses worth $1 billion
(Reuters) -The United States has signed contracts worth roughly $1 billion to secure the antibody-based COVID-19 treatment sotrovimab from GSK and Vir Biotechnology, the drugmakers said on Wednesday, ...
Nov 17, 2021
UN, other agencies aim to standardise measurement of environmental impacts
By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi ZURICH (Reuters) - Major multilateral organisations will launch a new initiative next week aimed at developing a system of standards for companies, investors and financial in...
Nov 17, 2021
