Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Telefonica raises 2021 outlook after record quarterly profit
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish telecoms group Telefonica raised its outlook for the full year on Thursday, after posting a record net income of 7.74 billion euros ($9.2 billion) thanks to the sale of its ...
Thomson Reuters Jul 29, 2021
France calls UK quarantine rules discriminatory, excessive
PARIS (Reuters) - England's decision to keep quarantine measures for travellers coming from France and not for those coming from other European Union countries is discriminatory and not based on scien...
Thomson Reuters Jul 29, 2021
Volkswagen CEO: we need to change e-car approach in China
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen must change its approach to how it sells electric vehicles (EV) in China, the world's largest car market, Chief Executive Herbert Diess said, in a response to poor EV ...
Thomson Reuters Jul 29, 2021
Stretched Senegalese hospitals overwhelmed by third COVID wave
By Alessandra Prentice DAKAR (Reuters) - Idrissa Lo rushed back to Senegal from the United States when family members started falling sick with COVID-19 and dying. On Wednesday, he mourned a fifth fam...
Thomson Reuters Jul 29, 2021
British drone insurer Flock raises $17 million led by Palihapitiya
LONDON (Reuters) - British drone insurer Flock has raised $17 million from investors in early-stage funding led by venture investor Chamath Palihapitiya's Social Capital, Flock said on Thursday. Flock...
Thomson Reuters Jul 29, 2021
Oman extends nightly COVID-19 lockdown
DUBAI (Reuters) - Oman on Thursday extended a nightly lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus, with movement and commercial activities to be restricted between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. until furth...
Thomson Reuters Jul 29, 2021
German unemployment falls in sign of continuing recovery
BERLIN (Reuters) - German unemployment fell in July as companies hired more staff in light of a recovery in Europe's largest economy, official figures showed on Thursday. The Labour Office said the nu...
Thomson Reuters Jul 29, 2021
Olympics-Basketball-Slovenia powers past Japan to go up 2-0
By Rocky Swift SAITAMA (Reuters) - Slovenia rolled over Japan 116-81 in Olympic men's basketball on Thursday, overwhelming the heroics of Rui Hachimura for the host nation. Slovenia improved to 2-0 in...
Thomson Reuters Jul 29, 2021
LG Chem's Q2 profit handily beats estimates on lawsuit money
SEOUL (Reuters) - LG Chem Ltd posted a four-fold surge in second-quarter profit that trumped market expectations, helped by settlement payments from legal disputes with its rival SK Innovation Co Ltd ...
Thomson Reuters Jul 29, 2021
Olympics-Canoeing-Australia's Fox wins gold women's canoe slalom
TOKYO (Reuters) - Australia's Jessica Fox won gold in the first ever women's canoe slalom on Thursday, with the silver medal going to Britain's Mallory Franklin. Germany's Andrea Herzog took bronze. (...
Thomson Reuters Jul 29, 2021
