Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Blinken discusses Afghanistan security situation with Canada, Germany, and NATO
(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with his Canadian and German counterparts and NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg to discuss plans to reduce violence in Afghanistan amid a rapi...
Aug 12, 2021
Former Myanmar strongman Than Shwe hospitalised with COVID – media
(Reuters) - Than Shwe, the former head of a junta that ruled Myanmar for nearly two decades, has been hospitalised in the capital Naypyitaw and is in a stable condition after being tested for the coro...
Aug 12, 2021
S.Korea, Chinese refiners snap up U.S. sour crude -sources
By Devika Krishna Kumar and Florence Tan NEW YORK/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - South Korean and Chinese refiners have snapped up at least 5 million barrels of U.S. Mars crude loading in September, taking adv...
Aug 12, 2021
Asian equities retreat after world stocks hit new record
By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) - Most Asian equity markets continued to ignore record highs hit elsewhere in the world and fell in early trading on Friday, though Australia bucked the trend. MSCI's ...
Aug 12, 2021
IMF keeping ‘close watch’ on Belarus after calls to limit reserve funds for country
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday it was monitoring the situation in Belarus closely, amid calls for the global lender to limit disbursemen...
Aug 12, 2021
U.S. to host Summit of the Americas in 2022 -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is preparing to host the Ninth Summit of the Americas in early Summer 2022, the White House said on Thursday. It would be the first time for the United States ...
Aug 12, 2021
U.N. Security Council discussing condemnation of Taliban
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council is discussing a draft statement that would condemn Taliban attacks on cities and towns causing high civilian casualties and threaten sanctions for abuses...
Aug 12, 2021
China’s CATL looks to raise $9 billion to expand lithium-ion battery production
(Corrects to "1.1 trillion yuan" from "1.1 billion yuan" in paragraph 5) SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Chinese battery giant CATL said it was planning a private share placement to raise up to 58.2 billion yuan ...
Aug 12, 2021
Colorado county’s election equipment scrapped after breach; criminal probe launched
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Colorado's secretary of state on Thursday ordered a county to scrap and replace its election equipment that she said was compromised with the assistance of its elec...
Aug 12, 2021
Samsung leader Jay Y. Lee released from prison on parole
UIWANG, South Korea (Reuters) -Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee, convicted of bribery and embezzlement, was released on parole on Friday. Lee appeared outside the Seoul Detention Center, w...
Aug 12, 2021
