Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Column: Vaccine races and currency wars
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) - A collision of vaccine races, early policy reversal and even currency wars could well give investors a headache this year. Speed in ending the pandemic is clearly crit...
Thomson Reuters Jan 22, 2021
Saudi-led forces say thwart two attacks by Yemen's Houthis
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting against Yemen's Houthi movement said had it thwarted two attacks by the Houthis on Friday morning, including destroying an explosive-laden boat in th...
Thomson Reuters Jan 22, 2021
Reports of 12 murdered at Kurdish-run displacement camp in Syria: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations says it has received reports of 12 Syrian and Iraqi nationals being murdered in the first half of January at the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp in northeast Syria, which...
Thomson Reuters Jan 22, 2021
Distraught families of Sriwijaya Air victims visit Java Sea crash site
By Yuddy Cahya Budiman and Adi Kurniawan JAKARTA (Reuters) - Relatives of those killed in the Sriwijaya Air plane crash on Jan. 9 wept and threw red and white petals into the ocean on Friday after an ...
Thomson Reuters Jan 22, 2021
Amazon to raise fees on Spanish vendors due to new digital tax: report
MADRID (Reuters) - U.S. tech giant Amazon will raise fees for Spanish companies using its platform to sell their wares in response a digital tax imposed by the government, El Confidencial reported on ...
Thomson Reuters Jan 22, 2021
Volkswagen operating profit drops by half in 2020
BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen said its 2020 adjusted operating profit nearly halved but said its car deliveries had recovered strongly in the fourth quarter. The world's largest carmaker said full-yea...
Thomson Reuters Jan 22, 2021
EU lawmakers condemn Vietnam over human rights crackdown
By James Pearson HANOI (Reuters) - The European parliament has chastised Vietnam for a government crackdown against activists in the Southeast Asian country and called on EU member states to condemn t...
Thomson Reuters Jan 22, 2021
At least five mine workers killed in blast in southern India
By Chandini Monnappa and Sethuraman N R BENGALURU (Reuters) - At least five mine workers were killed in southern India when their trucks carrying blasting material exploded, officials said on Friday. ...
Thomson Reuters Jan 22, 2021
Biden to sign order to increase pandemic-related food aid
By Steve Holland and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday will sign two executive orders aimed at speeding pandemic stimulus checks to families who need it most and inc...
Thomson Reuters Jan 22, 2021
China to require non-bank payment firms to set up bank accounts for fund product transactions
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's central bank said Friday it will require non-bank payment institutions, with Ant Group's Alipay as the leading player, to set up bank accounts to deal with fund product tra...
Thomson Reuters Jan 22, 2021
