Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russia’s retail sales jump in April as economy rebounds from pandemic impact
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's retail sales rose more than expected in April as the economy rebounds from the impact of last year's COVID-19 lockdown, adding weight to officials' assurances of a faster-t...
Jun 04, 2021
Head of Germany’s Catholics offers resignation over abuse failures
BERLIN (Reuters) - The head of the Catholic Church in Germany, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, has offered his resignation from his position as Archbishop to the Pope, saying he had to share responsibility fo...
Jun 04, 2021
Exclusive: China pushes Huarong to sell non-core units, mulls implicit support – sources
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China is pushing China Huarong Asset Management Co to sell non-core assets, two people involved in the revamp told Reuters, while considering offering an implicit guarant...
Jun 04, 2021
China aims to slow yuan’s rise but likely to avoid drastic steps – policy sources
By Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) - China is likely to lean on incremental steps to slow the yuan's gains to deter speculators and help its exporters, shunning drastic measures that could undermine its g...
Jun 04, 2021
Indian panel says global response needed to contain more infectious virus variant
By Tanvi Mehta and Manas Mishra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The coronavirus variant first identified in India is highly infectious and can be caught by people who have already had the disease or been only p...
Jun 04, 2021
More cyclones than usual forecast for east Asia by September
By Kanupriya Kapoor SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Half of the roughly 20 tropical cyclones expected to form in the western Pacific Ocean through September this year are predicted to hit land in east Asian nat...
Jun 04, 2021
Rohingya refugee boat lands in Indonesia after 113 day voyage
By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - A boat carrying dozens of Rohingya refugees that set sail in February but had been adrift in the Andaman Sea with engine failure has landed on an Indonesian island after...
Jun 04, 2021
Euro zone retail sales fall more than expected in April
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone retail sales fell more than expected in April, dragged down by a decline in sales of non-food products, but were still much higher than 12 months earlier when most count...
Jun 04, 2021
U.S. House Democrats propose $547 billion surface transport plan
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of key U.S. House Democrats were to introduce legislation on Friday to authorize $547 billion in additional spending over five years on surface trans...
Jun 04, 2021
Thailand says has enough supplies for start of COVID-19 vaccinations
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will have its promised amount of COVID-19 vaccines for use during this month, a health official said on Friday, amid supply concern and public anxiety ahead of a so far ch...
Jun 04, 2021
