Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan to donate AstraZeneca vaccines to Thailand
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's health minister said on Monday Japan's government would donate some AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, as the Southeast Asian country seeks to shore-up supplies after some e...
Jun 21, 2021
MLB roundup: Kyle Schwarber belts 3 homers in Nationals’ win
Kyle Schwarber continued his torrid stretch by belting three home runs to lift the Washington Nationals to a 5-2 victory over the visiting New York Mets on Sunday afternoon. Schwarber, who went deep t...
Jun 21, 2021
Thai divers remove fishing nets bleaching protected coral reefs
By Artorn Pookasook and Jorge Luis Silva KO LOSIN, Thailand (Reuters) - Forty divers have removed abandoned fishing nets covering coral reefs in a protected area in the Gulf of Thailand in a two-day o...
Jun 21, 2021
U.N. special envoy Jolie visits refugee camp in Burkina Faso
DORI, Burkina Faso (Reuters) - Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie visited on Sunday a refugee camp in Burkina Faso housing refugees fleeing jihadist violence in Mali, and praised the country for welcomi...
Jun 21, 2021
Global banks in Hong Kong push to get staff back to office
By Kane Wu and Scott Murdoch HONG KONG (Reuters) - Global banks are moving faster in Hong Kong to get staff back to office versus in other major centres, given fewer daily COVID-19 cases in the Asian ...
Jun 21, 2021
Indonesia travel agencies offer queue-beating U.S. ‘vaccination tours’
By Heru Asprihanto JAKARTA (Reuters) - After not securing a COVID-19 vaccination at home, Indonesian Muhammad Risqy Putra booked a trip to the United States to get inoculated there on his first overse...
Jun 21, 2021
AgBank falls in step with China’s cryptocurrency crackdown
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Agriculture Bank of China (AgBank), the country's third largest lender by assets, said on Monday that it was following guidance from the central bank to clamp down on cryptocurren...
Jun 21, 2021
Tokyo organisers to cap spectators at 10,000 per venue
TOKYO (Reuters) - Organiers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Monday capped the number of spectators at 10,000 people per venue for the Games, or 50% of capacity, promising to hold the event safely amid t...
Jun 21, 2021
German prosecutors arrest man on suspician of Russian espionage
BERLIN (Reuters) - German prosecutors on Monday said they arrested a university research assistant accused of working for the Russian secret service. The man, identified as Ilnur N., according to Germ...
Jun 21, 2021
Swiss National Bank expands range of data it publishes on mortgage market
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss National Bank said on Monday it has expanded its range of mortgage market data, and will now publish the time series on the volume of newly granted mortgage loans, borrowe...
Jun 21, 2021
