Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Yellen: Too soon to say if new regulations needed to address recent volatility
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Sunday that it is too soon to say whether new policies or regulations are needed to deal with recent market volatility. "We really n...
Feb 07, 2021
Alpine skiing: Shiffrin up to speed for first worlds of pandemic era
By Alan Baldwin (Reuters) - Mikaela Shiffrin will be back up to speed when the Alpine skiing world championships hit the slopes in Cortina d'Ampezzo on Monday. The American has raced 10 times and won ...
Feb 07, 2021
Hedge funds bet on oil's 'big comeback' after pandemic hobbles producers
By Maiya Keidan and Rod Nickel TORONTO (Reuters) - Hedge funds are turning bullish on oil once again, betting the pandemic and investors' environmental focus has severely damaged companies' ability to...
Feb 07, 2021
Ireland open to modest extensions to Northern Ireland Brexit grace periods
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland is open to "modest" extensions of waivers on the movement of certain goods from Britain into Northern Ireland after the British government asked the European Union to tweak ...
Feb 07, 2021
'The wait is over': Bangladesh begins COVID-19 vaccinations
By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh launched a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive with the Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine on Sunday, aiming to inoculate 3.5 million people in the first...
Feb 07, 2021
After a decade of change in Myanmar, fear of the past drives anti-coup protests
(Reuters) - A communications blackout, the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi without word, wild rumours fed by a paucity of information. All recalled the darkest days of a succession of military juntas th...
Feb 07, 2021
Golf: Johnson holds on to clinch second Saudi International title
(Reuters) - World number one Dustin Johnson carded his worst round of the tournament but did enough to win the Saudi International on Sunday for a second time in three years. The American managed only...
Feb 07, 2021
Bank of Israel buys $6.8 billion of forex in January, reserves jump to new record
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Bank of Israel said on Sunday it bought $6.832 billion of foreign currency in January, helping to weaken the shekel from a 24-year peak and taking forex reserves to a new rec...
Feb 07, 2021
Exports from UK to EU down 68% since Brexit trade deal, say hauliers
LONDON (Reuters) - Exports from Britain to the European Union fell by 68% in January as trade was disrupted after the end of a transition period following Britain's departure from the European Union, ...
Feb 07, 2021
Olympics: Nearly 60% of Japanese think Mori unfit for role as Tokyo 2020 chief - poll
By Jack Tarrant TOKYO (Reuters) - Nearly 60% of people in Japan think Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori is unfit for his role as head of the Olympics organising committee, according to a poll conducte...
Feb 07, 2021
