Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Kipchoge to compete in Hamburg Marathon before Tokyo Games
(Reuters) - Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge will compete at the Hamburg Marathon in April as he steps up preparations for his Olympic title defence, the marathon world record holder said on Thursday. Kipchoge, ...
Syndicated Content Feb 18, 2021
Bomb blast kills university professor in Afghan capital: police
KABUL (Reuters) - A Kabul University professor was killed when a bomb hit his car in Afghanistan's capital on Thursday, police officials said, the first attack in days after a series of such incidents...
Syndicated Content Feb 18, 2021
Facebook shares slip following news blackout move in Australia
(Reuters) - Shares of Facebook Inc were down around 1 percent on Thursday, in line with moves in other major tech shares as Wall Street largely shrugged off outrage around the company's decision to bl...
Syndicated Content Feb 18, 2021
Futures fall ahead of jobless claims data as investors shift away from tech
By Devik Jain and Shreyashi Sanyal (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures fell on Thursday as investors resumed a shift out of big technology firms ahead of data that is expected to show a steady recove...
Syndicated Content Feb 18, 2021
Britain’s Asda sees sales rise 5.1% in Christmas quarter
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's third largest supermarket group Asda, now owned by the Issa brothers and private equity group TDR, on Thursday reported a 5.1% rise in same store sales in its Christmas qu...
Syndicated Content Feb 18, 2021
Russia’s Kalashnikov eyes production in India, woos gadget lovers with hi-tech shotgun
By Andrey Ostroukh and Gleb Stolyarov MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian arms manufacturer Kalashnikov plans to start making its AK-203 assault rifle in India this year and wants to attract a wider audience w...
Syndicated Content Feb 18, 2021
Study at Ischgl ski resort finds lasting coronavirus immunity
VIENNA (Reuters) - A study of residents in the ski resort of Ischgl, the site of Austria's worst coronavirus outbreak, found that at least eight months after contracting the virus the vast majority of...
Syndicated Content Feb 18, 2021
Zimbabwe starts COVID-19 vaccinations, vice-president gets first shot
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe kicked-off its COVID-19 vaccination programme on Thursday after receiving a donation of 200,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine from China earlier in the week. Vice-Presiden...
Syndicated Content Feb 18, 2021
Texas ranchers scramble to keep animals alive in unusual cold
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - Texas ranchers worked overtime to haul water and hay to cattle to keep them alive during a freak winter storm, but some cows have already succumbed to unusual icy t...
Syndicated Content Feb 18, 2021
UK Black and South Asian groups lagging behind white people in COVID-19 vaccinations
LONDON (Reuters) - Only 55% of Black people in England aged between 70 to 79 had been vaccinated against COVID-19 by Feb. 11, compared to 86% of white people in this age group, according to early rese...
Syndicated Content Feb 18, 2021





