Author Archives: Syndicated Content
In surprise move, Japan adds 3 more prefectures to virus state of emergency
By Chang-Ran Kim TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will declare a state of emergency in three more prefectures hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said on Friday, in a surpri...
May 13, 2021
Anti-Olympics campaign in Japan gathers 350,000 signatures
TOKYO (Reuters) - An online petition calling for the cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics has garnered 350,000 signatures, the campaign's organiser said on Friday. Lawyer Kenji Utsunomiya launched the "...
May 13, 2021
Stocks rebound as Fed officials calm inflation fears
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese shares led a rebound in Asian markets on Friday, building on the lead from investors on Wall Street snapping up stocks that would benefit most from an econ...
May 13, 2021
Nine shot in Providence, Rhode Island, three critically wounded
(Refiles to fix typo in first paragraph) (Reuters) - Nine people were wounded, three of them critically, in Providence, Rhode Island, on Thursday in an exchange of gunfire between a home and the occup...
May 13, 2021
Chinese firm’s COVID-19 drug claims draw scientists’ skepticism
By Gabriel Stargardter (Reuters) - Chinese biotech firm Kintor Pharmaceutical Limited [9939.HK] saw its stock price jump by more than 20% the day after it announced on April 25 that it had "completed ...
May 13, 2021
Jordan Spieth fires 63 at Byron Nelson for share of lead
Jordan Spieth hasn't played much golf lately. The three-time major winner revealed this week that he tested positive for COVID-19 about 10 days after the Masters, leading him to take a few weeks off t...
May 13, 2021
Mainland China reports first local COVID-19 cases in over three weeks
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Mainland China reported seven new COVID-19 cases on May 13, including its first local transmissions in more than three weeks, the country's national health authority said on Frida...
May 13, 2021
Dollar rally pauses as investors take stock of inflation anxiety
By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar took a breather on Friday but looks set to post weekly gains against a basket of currencies as investors try to assess the risk of U.S. inflation rising f...
May 13, 2021
Samsung BioLogics says no decision yet on producing Moderna’s COVID-19 shot
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung BioLogics Co Ltd said on Friday that no decision has been made yet on producing Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine in South Korea after a local newspaper reported t...
May 13, 2021
Fed’s core PCE inflation concern threshold is 2.8% – economists
By Shrutee Sarkar BENGALURU (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge would have to hit a high of 2.8% to discomfort U.S. policymakers, according to a Reuters poll which also suggest...
May 13, 2021
