Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Graffiti or homage? Hi-tech imaging sheds light on Holy Sepulchre wall crosses
By Rinat Harash JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Crosses etched in mysterious abundance across the walls of Christianity's most sacred church were long assumed to be graffiti, but they may be the work of mediaev...
Thomson Reuters Mar 31, 2021
BlackRock closes Shanghai unit as it shifts focus to mutual fund business
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Global asset manager BlackRock has folded a private fund unit in Shanghai as it focuses on launching its mutual fund business in the world's second-biggest economy. BlackRock last...
Thomson Reuters Mar 31, 2021
German jobless falls by 8,000 in March
BERLIN (Reuters) - German unemployment fell in March, data showed on Wednesday, as lockdown measures to curb the coronavirus Europe's biggest economy had a limited effect on the labour market. The Fed...
Thomson Reuters Mar 31, 2021
At logistics firm Geodis, driving forklifts can be an office job
By Jane Lanhee Lee and Nathan Frandino Mountain View, Calif. (Reuters) - French logistics firm Geodis and Silicon Valley remote driving software startup Phantom Auto Inc on Wednesday announced a partn...
Thomson Reuters Mar 31, 2021
Hungarian journalists demand access to hospitals, COVID centres
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Dozens of independent Hungarian news outlets published an open letter on Wednesday asking Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government to end restrictions on reporting on the health s...
Thomson Reuters Mar 31, 2021
Huawei posts 3.2% rise in profit in 2020, as revenues decline from outside of China
By David Kirton SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies reported modest annual profit growth for 2020 as overseas revenues declined due to disruption caused by the pandemic and the com...
Thomson Reuters Mar 31, 2021
South Korean foreign minister going to China for first time in three years
By Josh Smith and Yew Lun Tian SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) - A South Korean foreign minister will visit China this week for the first time in three years, looking for ways to improve ties even as tensions...
Thomson Reuters Mar 31, 2021
Italy police arrest Russian official, Italian navy captain in spying case
ROME (Reuters) - A Russian army official and an Italian navy captain have been arrested on suspicion of spying, the Carabinieri police said on Wednesday. "Carabinieri intervened during a clandestine m...
Thomson Reuters Mar 31, 2021
Analysis: Quiet Singapore turns up volume on Myanmar as regional fears grow
By Aradhana Aravindan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Rarely does Singapore use strident language or take on a visibly active role in foreign policy as it has over the increasing bloodshed in Myanmar. Worries o...
Thomson Reuters Mar 31, 2021
Australia marks quietest fire season in a decade
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's most populous state has closed out its quietest fire season in a decade, its fire service said, as the coolest and wettest summer in years offered a reprieve from the...
Thomson Reuters Mar 31, 2021
