Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Stock futures slip after Wall Street ends at record highs
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures dipped on Tuesday as investors moved to the sidelines a day after Wall Street closed at all-time highs with focus squarely on earnings reports and p...
Thomson Reuters Feb 09, 2021
Analysis: Mexican power bill seeks legal compromise for bruised investors
By Dave Graham MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is gambling he can use a contentious new bill to cement public sector control of the electricity sector without inu...
Thomson Reuters Feb 09, 2021
U.S. farmers eye range of good planting options after biggest grains rally in years
By Mark Weinraub CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois farmer Fred Helms is so eager for his next soybean crop he invested in a faster-maturing variety of soy seeds in hopes of beating other farmers to harvest...
Thomson Reuters Feb 09, 2021
UAE's Hope Probe nears Mars in first Arab mission
By Lisa Barrington DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates' first mission to Mars is set to reach the red planet and enter its orbit on Tuesday following a seven-month, 494 million km journey, allo...
Thomson Reuters Feb 09, 2021
Alpine skiing: Double Olympic champion Ligety to retire after Cortina
(Reuters) - American Ted Ligety, a double Olympic champion, announced on Tuesday he would retire after racing at the Alpine skiing world championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, next week. The 36-ye...
Thomson Reuters Feb 09, 2021
Sherif blazes a trail for Egypt with first-round win
By Nick Mulvenney MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Qualifier Mayar Sherif made a little bit of history in the first round of the Australian Open on Tuesday when she became the first Egyptian woman to win a main ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 09, 2021
Egypt opens Rafah crossing with Gaza until further notice: sources
CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) - Egypt on Tuesday opened its Rafah border crossing with the Gaza strip until further notice, Egyptian and Palestinian sources said, a move described as an incentive for reconcili...
Thomson Reuters Feb 09, 2021
Five killed in Kabul as attacks increasingly target civilians
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi KABUL (Reuters) - Five government employees were killed in two separate attacks in Afghanistan's capital on Tuesday, officials said, the latest in a series in which civilians hav...
Thomson Reuters Feb 09, 2021
TV journalists face three years in prison for reporting on Belarus protests
KYIV (Reuters) - Two Belarusian journalists working for the Polish television channel Belsat went on trial in the capital Minsk on Tuesday on charges related to their coverage of mass protests in 2020...
Thomson Reuters Feb 09, 2021
Dozens trapped in tunnel after Himalayan glacier's collapse, scores still missing
LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - Rescuers raced to free around 35 Indian construction workers trapped in a tunnel, two days after the hydroelectric dam they were helping to build was swept away by a wall of...
Thomson Reuters Feb 09, 2021
