Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. embassy in the doghouse in China after student visa post backfires
BEIJING (Reuters) - The resumption of student visa applications at U.S. missions in China got off to an acrimonious start this week when netizens took exception to an American embassy social media pos...
May 05, 2021
BOJ policymakers agreed to focus on low rates as pandemic pain persists
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan (BOJ) policymakers agreed on the need to focus on keeping interest rates stably low while the economy remains under the strain caused by the COVID-19 pa...
May 05, 2021
Dollar holds near two-week high, U.S. jobs data eyed for Fed clues
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar hovered below a two-week high on Thursday, consolidating ahead of a key U.S. jobs report that may provide clues on when the Federal Reserve will dial bac...
May 05, 2021
U.S. Space Command tracks Chinese rocket for uncontrolled re-entry from orbit
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Remnants of a large Chinese rocket launched last week are expected to plunge back through the atmosphere this weekend in an uncontrolled re-entry being tracked ...
May 05, 2021
Australia’s New South Wales state reports one new COVID-19 case
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's most populous state of New South Wales reported one locally acquired case of the new coronavirus on Thursday, a day after the state reported its first infection in more ...
May 05, 2021
NHL-Brawls break out as Rangers look for payback on Caps’ Wilson
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Players from the Rangers and Capitals threw their gloves to the ice and started throwing punches as soon as the puck was dropped in their matchup in New York on Wednesday as the R...
May 05, 2021
U.S. approves departure of non-emergency government workers from India
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Wednesday it had approved the departure of non-emergency U.S. government employees from India because of a surge in COVID-19 cases. (Reporting ...
May 05, 2021
Colorado cult members accused of keeping mummified remains of leader appear in court
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Seven members of a religious cult who authorities say kept the mummified remains of their leader at a home in a remote Colorado town festooned with Christmas lights...
May 05, 2021
Faced with climate challenges, Vietnamese rice farmers switch to shrimp
By Khanh Vu TRAN DE, Vietnam (Reuters) - For years, Ta Thi Thanh Thuy toiled on a sliver of land sandwiched between the Mekong River and the South China Sea, a region widely known as Vietnam's rice bo...
May 05, 2021
Three U.S. lawmakers seek to use part of COVID stimulus money for opioid crisis – Axios
(Reuters) - A bipartisan trio of U.S. lawmakers is asking Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen for latitude to use some of President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus package for addressing th...
May 05, 2021
