Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Factbox: Main parties contesting Japan’s upper house election
(Corrects year of establishment of DPFP to 2020 from 2000 in July 6 story) By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan holds an upper house election on Sunday that is key to Prime Minister Fumio Kishi...
Jul 07, 2022
Factbox-Worldwide coronavirus cases cross 549.04 million, death toll at 6,766,468
By Lynx Insight Service (Reuters) - More than 549.04 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 6,766,468 have died, according to a Reuters tally. Infection...
Jul 07, 2022
Cost-of-living crisis driving ‘breathtaking’ surge in extreme poverty – UNDP
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The global cost-of-living crisis is pushing an additional 71 million people in the world's poorest countries into extreme poverty, a new report published by the U.N. D...
Jul 07, 2022
China’s Xiaomi produces first smartphones in Vietnam
HANOI (Reuters) - China's Xiaomi Corp has produced its first batch of smartphones in Vietnam, the company said on Thursday, as it seeks to expand its foothold in Southeast Asia. The devices were produ...
Jul 07, 2022
Rain storms lash China’s northeastern rust-belt
BEIJING (Reuters) - Heavy rain battered China's northeastern rust-belt on Thursday, triggering floods that trapped buses, swamped roads and disrupted commuters in cities, with more storms forecast for...
Jul 07, 2022
Japan election: what you need to know
(Reuters) - A strong showing by Japan's ruling party in upper house elections on Sunday would give Prime Minister Fumio Kishida a firmer grip on the factious party and allow him to emerge from the sha...
Jul 06, 2022
Russia attends G20 meeting set to be dominated by Ukraine conflict
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has flown into Indonesia's resort island of Bali for a meeting of G20 foreign ministers, which is set to be overshadowed by tensi...
Jul 06, 2022
Australia’s Crown Resorts names Wynn Macau COO as top boss
(Reuters) - Australian casino operator Crown Resorts on Thursday said Ciarn Carruthers, chief operating officer at Wynn Macau, would succeed Steve McCann as its chief executive in September. Crown was...
Jul 06, 2022
Stocks in the doldrums as euro founders on recession fears
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The euro huddled at a two-decade low on Thursday and oil nursed losses as investors fretted about a looming recession, while equities were caught between growth ...
Jul 06, 2022
Indonesia’s FX reserves rise to $136.4 billion at end-June
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves increased to $136.4 billion in June, equivalent to 6.6 months worth of imports and up from $135.6 billion a month earlier, the central bank sa...
Jul 06, 2022
