Reuters Media Bias for Past 90 Days

Uruguay says February inflation rate was 0.82%

economy and finances

Consumer prices in Uruguay rose 0.82% in February, after increasing 1.6% in January, the National Institute of Statistics said on Wednesday.
Reuters     Mar 03, 2021

Bats and the Origin of Outbreaks

health

This kind of spillover, when a pathogen in one species could start circulating in another and potentially create a new disease – is what appears to have happened in China with the virus that causes COVID-19. Like many infectious viruses introduced this way, the outbreak started with bats.
Reuters     Mar 03, 2021

US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St opens lower as private jobs data disappoints

economy and finances

March 3 (Reuters) - Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Wednesday as disappointing private employment data for February dampened enthusiasm over a quick economic rebound fueled by a swift rollout of COVID-19 vaccines.
Reuters     Mar 03, 2021

Tanzania's 2021 growth seen climbing up to 5.3%

sport

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania’s economic growth is seen climbing this year in a range of up to 5.3% as a rollout of COVID-19 vaccines invigorates global economic activity, the World Bank said on Wednesday.
Reuters     Mar 03, 2021

UK tax burden to rise to highest since 1960s: OBR

economy and finances

LONDON, March 3 (Reuters) - Tax hikes announced in finance minister Rishi Sunak’s budget on Wednesday will take Britain’s tax burden to its highest since the 1960s midway through this decade, the independent Office for Budget Responsibility said.
Reuters     Mar 03, 2021

Purrfect rescue: Thai navy scrambles to save cats from sinking ship

disaster and accident

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai navy sailors braved choppy waters to launch a dramatic rescue this week after discovering four cats had been abandoned on a sinking ship that caught fire off a paradise island.
Reuters     Mar 03, 2021

Berlin biotech startup Atai raises $157 mln from investors

Tech

March 3 (Reuters) - Berlin biotech startup Atai Life Sciences, which is exploring the use of psychedelic treatments for depression, anxiety and addiction, said on Wednesday it had raised $157 million from investors to develop its drug pipeline.
Reuters     Mar 03, 2021

Asia Distillates-Gasoil, jet cash discounts widen to over one-month high

Asia's cash discounts for cargoes of jet fuel and 10 ppm gasoil widened on Wednesday, climbing to over one-month high amid weaker deal values in the Singapore trading window and limited near-term
Reuters     Mar 03, 2021

Arab League gives Aboul Gheit second five-year term

sport

Egyptian former foreign minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit secured a second five-year term as secretary general of the Arab League on Wednesday.
Reuters     Mar 03, 2021

UPDATE 1-Italy Q4 2020 GDP falls 1.9% q/q as domestic demand slumps

crime, law and justice

Italy's economy shrank 1.9% in the fourth quarter of last year from the previous three months, national statistics bureau ISTAT said on Wednesday, as coronavirus restrictions weighed on domestic
Reuters     Mar 03, 2021

EMERGING MARKETS-Thai, China shares surge, Asia FX up as U.S. yields retreat

Tech

China to chart policy targets at parliamentary meeting on Friday * Thai shares gain 1%, led by tech and consumer stocks * Indonesia greenshoe option debt auction awaited March 3 (Reuters) - Thai,
Reuters     Mar 02, 2021

EMERGING MARKETS-Asia stocks, currencies rise on recovery hopes, retreating U.S. yields

Tech

Thai shares gain 1%, led by tech and consumer stocks * China to chart policy targets at parliamentary meeting on Friday * Indonesia greenshoe option debt auction awaited March 3 (Reuters) - Asia's
Reuters     Mar 02, 2021

Egypt private sector contraction slows, buoyed by foreign business -PMI

economy and finances

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian non-oil private sector activity contracted for a third month in February, but at a slower rate than in January after foreign business helped buoy demand, a survey showed on Wednesday.
Reuters     Mar 02, 2021

TREASURIES-Benchmark U.S. yields decline for third straight day

Benchmark U.S. yields dipped on Tuesday for a third straight day after jumping to a one-year high last week, as comments from two Federal Reserve officials failed to spark a move higher while
Reuters     Mar 02, 2021

Sudanese European Film Festival becomes a drive-in

art and culture

Rough Cuts Sudanese European Film Festival becomes a drive-in. Posted . Organizers of the Sudanese European Film Festival 2021 have set up an outdoor, drive-through cinema for vis
Reuters     Mar 02, 2021

UK to open first LGBT+ retirement home as market grows

labour

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Britain’s first LGBT+ retirement home is set to open in mid-2021, the housing association behind the London riverside apartments said on Tuesday, highlighting a growing market of older people who do not want to be forced back in the closet.
Reuters     Mar 02, 2021

Rmg Acquisition Corporation II

Feb 24 (Reuters) - Rmg Acquisition Corporation II ::RENEW POWER, INDIA’S LEADING RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANY, TO PUBLICLY LIST THROUGH BUSINESS COMBINATION WITH RMG ACQUISITION CORPORATION II IN $8 BILLION TRANSACTION.RMG ACQUISITION CORPORATION II - PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED & FULLY DILUTED ENTERPRISE VALUE OF APPROXIMATELY $8 BILLION.RMG ACQUISITION CORPORATION II - TOTAL ANTICIPATED PROCEEDS OF $1.2 BILLION FROM RENEW POWER DEAL.RMG ACQUISITION CORPORATION II - ANTICIPATED NET PRIMARY PROCEEDS OF APPROXIMATELY $610 MILLION FROM DEAL.RMG ACQUISITION CORPORATION II - $855 MILLION, UPSIZED, FULLY-COMMITTED PRIVATE PLACEMENT OF COMMON STOCK IN RENEW POWER.RMG ACQUISITION CORPORATION II - UPON CLOSING, COMBINED ENTITY IS EXPECTED TO BE LISTED ON NASDAQ UNDER NEW TICKER SYMBOL "RNW".RMG ACQUISITION CORPORATION II - RENEW CURRENTLY HAS AN AGGREGATE CAPACITY OF CLOSE TO 10 GW.RMG ACQUISITION CORPORATION - UPSIZED PIPE ANCHORED BY INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS INCLUDING FUNDS MANAGED BY BLACKROCK, CHAMATH PALIHAPITIYA.RMG ACQUISITION CORPORATION II - RENEW'S LEADERSHIP WILL REMAIN INTACT, WITH SUMANT SINHA AS CHAIRMAN & CEO OF COMBINED CO.RMG ACQUISITION CORPORATION II - BOB MANCINI WILL BE APPOINTEE FROM RMG II TO COMBINED CO'S BOARD.
Reuters     Mar 02, 2021

ADNOC CEO says low-cost oil will remain central to the fuel mix

environment, weather and energy

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Low-cost oil will be needed even as the world is in an energy transition, Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, chief executive of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and minister of state for the United Arab Emirates, said on Tuesday at CERAWeek by IHS Markit.
Reuters     Mar 02, 2021