Author Archives: Syndicated Content

By Clare Jim and Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong confirmed on Thursday it will ease some of the world's most stringent COVID-19 restrictions, allowing beauty parlours, cinemas and gyms to ...

By Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) - China's explicit call to cut the amount of cash banks set aside as reserves and boost lending has advanced expectations for imminent policy easing, but economists say a...

By Asha Sistla (Reuters) - Gold traded flat on Thursday but prices were set for a second consecutive weekly gain as the Ukraine crisis and broadening inflationary pressures lifted the safe-haven metal...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - President Xi Jinping has said that China must stick to its strict "dynamic COVID clearance" policy while the global pandemic remains very serious, promising those enduring lockdow...

By Scott Murdoch HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese question and answer website Zhihu Inc priced its Hong Kong listing at HK$32.06 each to raise HK$833 million ($106.25 million), according to two sources w...

By Sinead Cruise and Carolina Mandl WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Russian companies and global banks including BNY Mellon, Deutsche Bank, Citigroup and JPMorgan could profit if Moscow moves to de-li...

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean official likely to oversee North Korean ties said on Thursday he opposed a ban on sending propaganda into North Korea, signalling the possible return t...

By Stefanno Sulaiman and Gayatri Suroyo JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's sovereign wealth fund on Thursday signed two agreements to invest in toll roads on the islands of Sumatra and Java worth more th...

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit two of his three homers in consecutive at-bats off Gerrit Cole and withstood his hand getting stepped on during a play at first base as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New Yor...

By Cynthia Kim and Joori Roh SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's central bank raised its benchmark rate to the highest since August 2019 on Thursday in a surprise move as it ramped up the fight against ra...