Author Archives: Syndicated Content
‘Peru wants a president’: Thousands march in Lima as election result drags
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Thousands of Peruvians took to the streets on Tuesday to protest uncertainty over the result of the presidential election a month ago, as the confirmation of leftist P...
Jul 06, 2021
U.S. releases confidential Trump report on foreign auto threat
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday released a confidential Trump administration report that was the basis for the former president's threats in 2019 to ...
Jul 06, 2021
Analysis-China’s farmers dump other crops for corn on bumper profit pull
By Hallie Gu and Gavin Maguire BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Chinese farmers have sharply increased corn planting this year to cash in on demand-fuelled record prices, a trend that is likely to cool t...
Jul 06, 2021
Olympics-Japan considering barring all fans at Olympic events – paper
By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's government is floating proposals that would ban fans from all events at this month's Olympics, the Mainichi newspaper reported on Wednesday, as officials s...
Jul 06, 2021
New Zealand health regulator approves use of Janssen COVID-19 vaccine
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand said on Wednesday that its health regulator Medsafe has given provisional approval for a coronavirus vaccine developed by Janssen, the pharmaceutical unit of Johnson...
Jul 06, 2021
China reports 57 new COVID-19 cases for July 6 vs 23 a day earlier
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China reported 57 new COVID-19 cases in the mainland for July 6, up from 23 cases a day earlier, the national health authority said on Wednesday. It was the highest daily tally of...
Jul 06, 2021
South Korea reports highest daily COVID-19 caseload in months
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea reported more than 1,200 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the highest daily count since late December, Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum told a COVID-19 response mee...
Jul 06, 2021
Virgin Galactic’s Branson calls his upcoming spaceflight a ‘pinch-me moment’
By Arlene Eiras and Steve Gorman (Reuters) - As Virgin Galactic finalizes plans for founder Richard Branson to join five others on a test flight to the edge of space on July 11, the British billionair...
Jul 06, 2021
Chinese city on Myanmar border reports coronavirus case spike
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Authorities in China's southwestern province of Yunnan reported 15 new confirmed locally transmitted coronavirus cases for July 6, with all cases in the city of Ruili, bordering M...
Jul 06, 2021
Samsung Electronics flags 53% jump in Q2 profit, topping estimates
By Joyce Lee and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) -Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Wednesday its second-quarter operating profit likely jumped 53%, beating analysts' estimates, as strong chip prices a...
Jul 06, 2021
