Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. Fed should require banks to hold more cash for climate risks -think tank
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve should force banks to hold more cash to guard against potential losses due to climate change and possible steps to fight it, one of Wa...
May 11, 2021
Exclusive: Foxconn iPhone India output drops 50% amid COVID surge-sources
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Production of the Apple iPhone 12 at a Foxconn factory in India has slumped by more than 50% because workers infected with COVID-19 have had to leave their posts, two sources told R...
May 11, 2021
Philippines records first two cases of Indian coronavirus variant
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines has detected its first two cases of a coronavirus variant first identified in India, its health ministry said on Tuesday. The variant, known as B.1.617, had been con...
May 10, 2021
Taiwan’s China Airlines says pilot quarantines to impact freight operations
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's largest carrier, China Airlines Ltd, said on Tuesday that the quarantining of its pilots to stem a COVID-19 outbreak is expected to affect more than 10% of its freighter ca...
May 10, 2021
NASA spacecraft starts trip back to Earth after collecting asteroid samples
(Reuters) - A NASA spacecraft, which scientists believe has collected samples from an asteroid, began its two-year journey back to Earth on Monday. NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is attempting to comple...
May 10, 2021
Japanese prefecture says deaths at home surge amid 4th COVID-19 wave
TOKYO (Reuters) - Eighteen people have died from the COVID-19 respiratory disease outside of hospitals in Japan's Osaka Prefecture, officials said, amid calls for tougher restrictions on movement to h...
May 10, 2021
Myanmar reporters, activists arrested in Thailand
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Three reporters and two activists from Myanmar have been arrested in Thailand for illegal entry and face possible deportation, the reporters' news organisation and local police sai...
May 10, 2021
Australia’s New South Wales reports zero COVID-19 cases for fifth straight day
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's most populous state reported no new locally acquired COVID-19 cases for a fifth straight day on Tuesday as authorities hunt for a missing link in a new infection chain r...
May 10, 2021
China 2020 census shows slowest population growth since 1-child policy
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's population growth in the decade to 2020 slumped to the least since a one-child policy was introduced in the late 1970s, adding pressure on Beijing to boost incentives to co...
May 10, 2021
Olympics-Nishikori wary of COVID-19 threat at Athletes Village
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Kei Nishikori has expressed concerns about staging the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer as Japan battles to contain a surge in COVID-19 cases. Fellow tennis player Naomi Os...
May 10, 2021
