Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Olympics-Boxing-Turkey secure gold-medal shots as women boxers advance
By Martin Petty TOKYO (Reuters) - Top seeds Buse Naz Cakiroglu and Busenaz Surmeneli got unanimous semi-final victories in the boxing contest on Wednesday to give Turkey a shot at its first-ever women...
Thomson Reuters Aug 04, 2021
Taylor Wimpey raises profit view as UK housing demand stays strong
(Reuters) -UK homebuilder Taylor Wimpey Plc on Wednesday raised its full-year earnings outlook, joining bigger rivals in projecting sustained demand, as Britain's housing boom stands to outlast the ta...
Thomson Reuters Aug 04, 2021
South Korea COVID-19 count spikes amid vacations, spread of new variants
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea posted a sharp increase in its coronavirus cases on Wednesday as it struggled to tame its fourth wave of infections amid the spread of new virus variants ...
Thomson Reuters Aug 04, 2021
Olympics-Sailing-Belcher and Ryan win gold for Australia in men's 470 sailing
By Philip O'Connor ENOSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) -Matthew Belcher and Will Ryan of Australia stormed to victory in the medal race to take Olympic gold for Australia in the men's 470 sailing class at the E...
Thomson Reuters Aug 04, 2021
Singapore to double police cameras to more than 200,000 over next decade
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore aims to have more than 200,000 police cameras by at least 2030, Minister for Home Affairs K Shanmugam said on Tuesday, over double the current number of cameras deploye...
Thomson Reuters Aug 04, 2021
Athenians told to stay inside as wildfires cloud city skies
By Angeliki Koutantou ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek authorities told people in Athens to stay indoors on Wednesday as a wildfire raging uncontrolled north of the city covered the sky in a thick cloud of sm...
Thomson Reuters Aug 04, 2021
Rolls-Royce agrees sale of Norway's Bergen for $131 million
LONDON (Reuters) - Rolls-Royce said it agreed to sell its Norwegian maritime engine business Bergen to UK-based Langley Holdings, in a deal which will boost the British aero-engine maker's finances by...
Thomson Reuters Aug 04, 2021
Explosion hits military bus in Damascus, injuries reported
BEIRUT (Reuters) - An explosion hit a military bus in Damascus early on Wednesday, and a number of people were reportedly wounded, state news agency SANA reported. The explosion happened in the bus wh...
Thomson Reuters Aug 04, 2021
Rothschild-backed RIT co-leads funding for crypto platform Aspen Digital
By Abhinav Ramnarayan LONDON (Reuters) - RIT Capital Partners, the investment trust founded by Jacob Rothschild, is co-leading a funding round for crypto investment platform Aspen Digital intended to ...
Thomson Reuters Aug 04, 2021
Honda swings to Q1 operating profit, trounces estimates
TOKYO, August 4 (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co swung on Wednesday to a first-quarter operating profit of 243.21 billion yen ($2.23 billion) from a 113.7 billion loss a year ago as car sales recovered from...
Thomson Reuters Aug 04, 2021
