Author Archives: Syndicated Content
'Quicker' Serena has great chance at Australian Open, says Evert
(Reuters) - The unusual circumstances ahead of the Australian Open could help Serena Williams claim her record-equalling 24th Grand Slam singles title, according to fellow American Chris Evert. Willia...
Feb 07, 2021
U.S. Treasury's Yellen: Americans earning $60K should get stimulus checks
(Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Sunday that American workers who earn $60,000 per year should receive stimulus checks as part of the White House's proposed $1.9 trillion coron...
Feb 07, 2021
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
