Author Archives: Syndicated Content
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
China forex regulator aims to defuse risk of external shocks
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China must prevent and defuse the risk of external shocks this year while strengthening macro-prudential management and guiding market expectations, the country's foreign exchange...
Jan 20, 2022
South Africa gets $750 million World Bank loan to bolster COVID recovery effort
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - The World Bank has approved a loan of $750 million to South Africa linked to COVID-19, aiming to help protect the poor and support economic recovery from the pandemic, the Nation...
Jan 20, 2022
Tennis-Badosa triumphs in baseline shootout with Kostyuk
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Paula Badosa fended off a Marta Kostyuk comeback in an engrossing baseline battle to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open for the first time with a 6-2 5-7 6-4 victory o...
Jan 20, 2022
Tennis-Krejcikova fights back to book 4th round berth at Australian Open
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova fought back from going a set behind to hand Jelena Ostapenko a 2-6 6-4 6-4 defeat and advance to the fourth round of the Australian Open o...
Jan 20, 2022
China’s transport ministry summons cargo service firms over operational issues
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's transport ministry on Friday summoned four cargo service platforms including Didi Freight, the cargo division of Didi Chuxing, and Huolala over "operational irregularities...
Jan 20, 2022
‘Life and death’ at sea: log keeps Tonga’s ‘Aquaman’ from going under
By Jill Gralow SYDNEY (Reuters) - A 57-year-old Tongan man being hailed a real-life Aquaman for surviving 27 hours at sea after Saturday's devastating tsunami struck his island said he went under nine...
Jan 20, 2022
Top diplomats for U.S., Russia meet in Geneva on soaring Ukraine tensions
By Simon Lewis GENEVA (Reuters) - The top diplomats of Russia and the United States were to meet in Switzerland on Friday to discuss soaring tensions over Ukraine after a flurry of meetings between of...
Jan 20, 2022
China Evergrande prepares offshore bondholder identification list – letter
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China Evergrande Group has asked offshore bondholders to disclose holdings to prepare a bondholder identification list, according to a letter seen by Reuters. The cash-strapped f...
Jan 20, 2022
