Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Myanmar set for silent strike after violence claims youngest victim
(Reuters) - Myanmar activists plan more anti-coup protests on Wednesday, including a silent strike with many businesses due to close and calls for people to stay home, a day after a seven-year-old gir...
Mar 23, 2021
Australia’s Crown Resorts ‘equivocal’ over misconduct findings, says new inquiry
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - Casino company Crown Resorts Ltd disputed some findings of an inquiry that accused it of enabling money laundering, said the head of a probe into Crown in a second Aus...
Mar 23, 2021
Tokyo Olympic torch relay stirs mixed emotions ahead of its Fukushima start
By Kiyoshi Takenaka, Ju-min Park and Elaine Lies FUKUSHIMA/TOKYO (Reuters) - When Shusaku Sagi was 19, he watched his soccer training centre at J-Village in Fukushima morph into a base for workers dec...
Mar 23, 2021
Safe-haven dollar in demand as worries over European lockdowns, U.S. taxes sap risk appetite
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The safe-haven U.S. dollar approached a four-month high on Wednesday as concerns over a third COVID-19 wave in Europe, potential U.S. tax hikes and escalating tensi...
Mar 23, 2021
Macau government says suspended use of BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
(Reuters) - Macau's government said on Wednesday it has suspended the use of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by BioNTech SE due to defects found in the caps of some vials. BioNTech and Fosun Pharma, wh...
Mar 23, 2021
BOJ debated future scope to assist green, digital investment – January minutes
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan must seek ways to encourage corporate investment to promote digitalisation and a carbon-free society, one of its board members said at a January mee...
Mar 23, 2021
Japan’s judo gold medallist Koga dies aged 53: NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese judoka Toshihiko Koga, who won Olympic gold at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, died on Wednesday aged 53, public broadcaster NHK said. The cause of death was unknown, but NHK s...
Mar 23, 2021
Oil rises on bargain-hunting but oversupply fears cap gains
By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices edged higher on Wednesday as investors looked for bargains following the previous day's plunge, but gains were capped as pandemic lockdowns in Europe and ...
Mar 23, 2021
Hong Kong halts batch of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines after defective packaging: SCMP
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong suspended COVID-19 vaccinations from a single batch of Pfizer/BioNTech shots over defective packaging, the South China Morning Post reported on Wednesday, citing source...
Mar 23, 2021
TSMC shares fall more than 3% after Intel’s plan to expand advanced chip capacity
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Shares of the world's largest contract chip manufacturer TSMC fell as much as 3% on Wednesday after Intel said it will greatly expand its advanced chip manufacturing capacity and op...
Mar 23, 2021
