Author Archives: Syndicated Content

By Jonathan Saul and Laura Sanicola LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. refiners are scaling back on hiring ships for longer periods to save on costs in another sign of uncertainty over when global oil d...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden, which has shunned lockdowns throughout the pandemic, has registered 12,762 new coronavirus cases since Friday, health agency statistics showed on Tuesday. The figure comp...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Europe's medicines watchdog on Tuesday said the benefits of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine continue to outweigh the risks after several countries halted its use due to concerns a...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - At least one major state-owned Chinese bank is conducting large currency swaps in mainland markets, possibly as part of efforts to cap the yuan, as domestic banks deal with a heav...

By Waruna Karunatilake and Alasdair Pal COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka said on Tuesday a call to ban the wearing of the burqa was "merely a proposal", following criticism from regional allies ahead of ...

By Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli archaeologists racing against treasure hunters to search caves near the Dead Sea have discovered a trove of artefacts, including fragments of a biblica...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co's head of Southeast M&A, Ee Ching Tay, has resigned from the bank to lead Southeast Asia investment banking at Barclays Plc, three sources aware of the matter...

(Reuters) - Canada on Tuesday updated its guideline to recommend use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine in people aged 65 years and older. The National Advisory Committee on Immunization said it had co...

PARIS (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron will consult with doctors and scientists advising his government on the coronavirus pandemic, a government official said, after he suspended use of the Astr...

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union wants to work with the U.S. government to curb aviation's contribution to climate change, including through possible pollution standards on jet f...