Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Indonesia says arrival of 30 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses delayed to 2022
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's health minister said on Thursday that the country would receive 20 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine via a bilateral deal in 2021, instead of the 50 mil...
Apr 07, 2021
Australia to end harassment exemption for judges and politicians
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will remove exemptions for judges and politicians from sexual harassment laws, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday, as his government struggles to contain a bac...
Apr 07, 2021
Malaysia’s Axiata, DiGi.Com shares suspend trading ahead of ‘material announcement’
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's Axiata Group Bhd and DiGi.Com Bhd suspended trading of their shares on Thursday, pending a "material announcement", both telecommunication companies said in exchang...
Apr 07, 2021
New Zealand suspends entry for travellers from India due to high COVID-19 cases
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday temporarily suspended entry for all travellers from India, including its own citizens, following a high number of positive ...
Apr 07, 2021
Chinese border city’s Communist Party chief dismissed over COVID-19 outbreaks
BEIJING (Reuters) - The top Communist Party official of a city in China's southwestern Yunnan province was dismissed from his post due to what the provincial government called a "serious dereliction o...
Apr 07, 2021
Oil falls after U.S. gasoline inventories unexpectedly surge
TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices fell on Thursday after official figures showed a big increase in U.S. gasoline stocks, causing concerns about demand for crude weakening in the world's biggest consumer of...
Apr 07, 2021
U.S. government, states ask judge to deny Facebook’s request to dismiss lawsuits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Trade Commission and a big group of U.S. states asked a federal court on Wednesday to deny Facebook Inc's request to dismiss major antitrust lawsuits filed against t...
Apr 07, 2021
China EV battery maker Octillion looks to cash in on carbon neutral drive
HEFEI, China (Reuters) - China's push towards carbon neutrality as well as its growing manufacturing might will allow electric vehicles (EV) to compete equally with standard cars by 2030 and drive the...
Apr 07, 2021
South Korea reports surge in coronavirus cases, more restrictions expected
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea reported 700 new coronavirus cases, its highest daily figure since early January, and the Prime Minister reiterated warnings on Thursday that new social distancing rules ...
Apr 07, 2021
Dollar stuck near two-week lows amid lower U.S. yields
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar traded near more than two-week troughs versus major peers on Thursday, tracking Treasury yields lower, after minutes of the Federal Reserve's March ...
Apr 07, 2021
