Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S., South Korea conduct missile test after North Korea volley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. and South Korean militaries have conducted a live-fire exercise, with one U.S. missile and seven South Korean missiles launched into the Sea of Japan, the U.S. military...
Jun 05, 2022
Yen weak versus dollar, euro ahead of busy central bank week
By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Japanese yen was on the back foot on Monday, ahead of a busy policy-focused week in which inflation will be in the spotlight with a major European Central Bank m...
Jun 05, 2022
China reports 171 new COVID cases on June 5 vs 162 day earlier
BEIJING (Reuters) - Mainland China reported 171 new coronavirus cases on June 5, of which 31 were symptomatic and 140 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Monday. That compares wi...
Jun 05, 2022
Thai central bank to hold rates until end-2022, calls for earlier hike grow louder: Reuters poll
By Devayani Sathyan and Anant Chandak BENGALURU (Reuters) - Thailand's central bank will leave interest rates unchanged at their record low for the rest of the year to support economic recovery, but t...
Jun 05, 2022
Ant Group launches digital bank ANEXT in Singapore
BEIJING (Reuters) - Ant Group, the Chinese financial technology giant controlled by billionaire Jack Ma, said on Monday that it has launched a Singapore-incorporated digital wholesale bank, ANEXT Bank...
Jun 05, 2022
Crackling or desolate?: AI trained to hear coral’s sounds of life
By Angie Teo (Reuters) - When a team of scientists listened to an audio clip recorded underwater off islands in central Indonesia, they heard what sounded like a campfire. Instead, it was a coral reef...
Jun 05, 2022
Brazil presidential front-runner Lula isolated with COVID-19
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his newly wed wife Janja tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday and will remain isolated for the next few days, the leftis...
Jun 05, 2022
Google told to pay Australian politician $515,000 over defamatory Youtube videos
SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian court ordered Google to pay A$715,000 ($515,000) to a former senior lawmaker on Monday after finding that a Youtube star's "relentless, racist, vilificatory, abusive a...
Jun 05, 2022
Asia shares brace for U.S. inflation, euro up on ECB bets
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares made a muted start on Monday as caution gripped ahead of a critical reading on U.S. inflation, while the euro gained on the yen amid wagers the European C...
Jun 05, 2022
Activist investor Carl Icahn drops proxy fight over Kroger’s pig policy – WSJ
(Reuters) - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is dropping a proxy fight focused on the treatment of pregnant pigs at Kroger Co after losing a similar fight with McDonald's Corp last month, Wall Street J...
Jun 05, 2022
