Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Samsung Elec breaks ground on new chip R&D centre, plans $15 billion investment by 2028
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics said on Friday it broke ground at a new semiconductor research and development (R&D) complex in South Korea, where it plans to invest about 20 trillion won ($15 b...
Aug 19, 2022
Torrential rain causes havoc in New Zealand, hundreds forced from homes
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Torrential rain hit parts of New Zealand for a fourth day on Friday, forcing hundreds of people from their homes as rivers overflowed their banks and waterlogged...
Aug 19, 2022
Marketmind: Memo for Britain’s next PM – There’s no stopping bad news
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Anshuman Daga Another day, another miserable set of British data. "A sense of exasperation" and "crisis of confidence". That was the sombre ...
Aug 19, 2022
Germany’s Scholz to testify over handling of multibillion-euro tax fraud
By Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is set to testify in front of lawmakers on Friday over his role as Hamburg mayor in tackling a multibillion-euro tax fraud in a case tha...
Aug 19, 2022
Tennis-‘Relieved’ Raducanu back swinging freely ahead of U.S. Open defence
(Reuters) - Emma Raducanu will head into her U.S. Open title defence in just over a week relieved that she is swinging freely again and playing the same brand of attacking tennis that took her to a ma...
Aug 19, 2022
China issues first national drought alert, battles to save crops in extreme heatwave
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China has issued its first national drought alert of the year as authorities battle forest fires and mobilise specialist teams to protect crops from scorching temperatures across ...
Aug 19, 2022
N.Korea’s Kim praises military medics for frontline COVID fight in capital
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held a ceremony to thank and praise military medics for spearheading the country's fight against the coronavirus in the capital Pyongy...
Aug 18, 2022
K-pop’s BLACKPINK to release new song ahead of 9-month world tour
By Joori Roh SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean K-pop girl group BLACKPINK is set to reveal their new song "Pink Venom" later on Friday, their first single in nearly two years, ahead of a planned nine-mon...
Aug 18, 2022
China set to lower lending benchmarks to revive wobbly economy
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China is widely expected to lower its benchmark lending rates on Monday, a Reuters survey showed, with a vast majority of participants predicting a deeper cut to the mortgage refe...
Aug 18, 2022
U.S. business group says members see limited impact from Taiwan-China tensions
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Most members surveyed by the American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan said they had not been significantly affected by recent Chinese military drills around the island, but had height...
Aug 18, 2022
