Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan’s biggest bank MUFG doubles quarterly profit as credit costs drop
TOKYO (Reuters) - Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (MUFG), Japan's largest lender by assets, on Monday reported that first-quarter net profit doubled year on year as credit-related costs dropped sha...
Aug 02, 2021
Olympics-Basketball-U.S. women sweep, France and Japan advance to quarter-finals
By Rocky Swift SAITAMA (Reuters) - The United States on Monday clinched a top seed in the quarter-finals of Olympic women's basketball, beating a game French team who squeaked through to the next roun...
Aug 02, 2021
UAE rolls out Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine to children aged 3-17
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates will start providing China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine to children aged 3-17, the UAE government said on Twitter on Monday. It cited the health ministry as ...
Aug 02, 2021
M&A frenzy, earnings power European stocks to new highs
(Reuters) - European stocks scaled fresh peaks on Monday following a clutch of deals and strong results from Europe's biggest bank HSBC, while sentiment was also supported by a rebound in Asian stocks...
Aug 02, 2021
Madagascar makes 21 further arrests over suspected coup plot
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - Madagascar has arrested 21 more suspects, including 12 military personnel, in connection with a plot to kill President Andry Rajoelina and topple the government, a senior pros...
Aug 02, 2021
Indonesia urges Myanmar to approve appointment of ASEAN envoy
(Reuters) - Indonesia's foreign minister Retno Marsudi on Monday urged Myanmar to approve the appointment of an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) special envoy to the country. Six months ...
Aug 02, 2021
Marketmind: A new sunny day, with the same old clouds
LONDON (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead from Karin Strohecker. It's a new week, a new month and time for a fresh start - but the problems niggling at markets this morning are still the same. Chines...
Aug 02, 2021
Australian police charge man over fake video of plot to overthrow govt
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian police said on Monday they had charged a man with impersonating a police officer, following an investigation into a fake video that purported to show a senior official ...
Aug 02, 2021
Israel cabinet approves 2021-2022 state budget, parliament next
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's cabinet unanimously approved on Monday a state budget for 2021-2022, more than three years after the government last ratified a fiscal spending package,...
Aug 02, 2021
Olympics-Cycling-Fans finally get up close at Izu velodrome
By Martyn Herman IZU, Japan (Reuters) - After more than a week of spectatorless Olympic arenas, fans arriving to the Izu Velodrome on Monday to view the action at close quarters are a welcome tonic fo...
Aug 02, 2021
