Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. crude exports ramp up as global demand recovers
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. crude exports are ramping up due to increasing demand from Asia and Europe and recovering U.S. production from the lows of the coronavirus pandemic. Surgin...
Jan 21, 2022
Factbox-World faces shortage of lithium for electric vehicle batteries
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Lithium is in hot demand due to rapidly growing production of electric vehicles that use lithium-ion batteries, but there is a global supply shortage of the metal, with western c...
Jan 21, 2022
Analysis-German big business piles pressure on Lithuania in China row
By Andrius Sytas and John O'Donnell VILNIUS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Lithuania is under pressure from German companies to back down in a dispute with China to end a blockade of the Baltic state, as Europ...
Jan 21, 2022
Beijing Games torch relay confined to closed venues due to COVID
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Beijing Winter Olympics torch relay will be cordoned off from the public because of concern about the spread of the coronavirus, organisers said on Friday. The relay involving ...
Jan 21, 2022
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: COVID disrupts aid flight to tsunami-hit Tonga As aid trickles into the South Pacific nation of Tonga, devastated by a volcani...
Jan 21, 2022
Japan’s Kishida says up to BOJ to decide on exit from easy money policy
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reiterated on Friday it was up to the central bank to decide on an exit strategy from its massive stimulus programme. "It's left to the Bank of ...
Jan 21, 2022
Qantas to cut more domestic capacity after W. Australia delays border opening
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Qantas Airways Ltd will cut domestic capacity by 10 more percentage points, to 60% of pre-pandemic levels, in the March quarter after the state of Western Australia indefinitely dela...
Jan 21, 2022
Tennis-Azarenka aims to ‘stay in the moment’ after making Australian Open 4th round
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Victoria Azarenka dismantled 15th seed Elina Svitolina 6-0 6-2 on Friday to storm into the Australian Open fourth round showing glimpses of the form that earned her back-to-back ...
Jan 21, 2022
Germany wants to attract 400,000 skilled workers from abroad each year
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's new coalition government wants to attract 400,000 qualified workers from abroad each year to tackle both a demographic imbalance and labour shortages in key sectors that r...
Jan 21, 2022
Tokyo’s consumer prices seen posting slower growth in January: Reuters poll
TOKYO (Reuters) - Consumer inflation in Tokyo will likely post slightly slower year-on-year growth in January, a Reuters poll showed, after the suspension of a government discount travel campaign in l...
Jan 20, 2022
