Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Italian life expectancy fell by almost a year in 2020 due to pandemic: ISTAT
ROME (Reuters) - Life expectancy in Italy fell by almost a year in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, national statistics agency ISTAT said on Wednesday. Nationwide, life expectancy at birth was 82.3 ...
Mar 10, 2021
Graphic: Commodity price surge leaves emerging currencies adrift
By Karin Strohecker and Saikat Chatterjee LONDON (Reuters) - Talk of a commodities "super cycle" and gains in prices from iron to copper have brightened the outlook for resource-linked currencies, but...
Mar 10, 2021
U.S. state, defense secretaries to travel to Japan and South Korea next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will travel to Japan and South Korea next week, their agencies said on Wednesday, in the first overseas tri...
Mar 10, 2021
Australian economist treated well in Myanmar detention, wife says
(Reuters) - Sean Turnell, an Australian economic advisor to deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, is being treated well since he was detained last month, his wife said on Wednesday. Turnell was tak...
Mar 10, 2021
UK draws record demand for inflation-linked bond
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - British 10-year index-linked bonds attracted record demand at a government auction on Wednesday, adding to signs of concern that inflation might rise faster than e...
Mar 10, 2021
Tokyo will be my Olympic swansong, says veteran Indian boxer Kom
(Reuters) - Indian boxer Mary Kom has said the Tokyo Games will be her final appearance at the Olympics but she takes solace from the fact that her bronze medal in 2012 has inspired young girls in the...
Mar 10, 2021
Where's Magufuli? Tanzanian leader's absence fuels health concern
By David Lewis and Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) - Tanzania's main opposition leader has demanded information on the health of President John Magufuli whose recent absence from public view has broug...
Mar 10, 2021
Bayer predicts mid-term earnings growth on agriculture, consumer health
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's Bayer on Wednesday pledged to boost adjusted earnings growth until 2024, helped by the launch of digital farming services, soy seeds and consumer health products. The a...
Mar 10, 2021
'Lukashenko. Goldmine': film alleging Belarusian leader has gilded life gets 3 million views online
(Reuters) - A film accusing Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of spending hundreds of millions of dollars on gilded residences, planes and Rolls-Royce and Maybach cars has gained more than 3 m...
Mar 10, 2021
Campbell Soup forecasts FY 2021 sales to fall
(Reuters) - Campbell Soup Co said on Wednesday it expects full-year sales to fall, as the COVID-19 vaccine rollout is likely to bring back customers to restaurants and reduce their reliance on ready-t...
Mar 10, 2021
