Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EU should ‘expect countermeasures’ from China following human rights sanctions: Chinese state media
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The European Union should expect countermeasures if it imposes sanctions against Chinese officials over alleged human rights abuses, Chinese state media outlet China Daily wrote o...
Mar 17, 2021
Japan to lift Tokyo area state of emergency as planned on Sunday: minister
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government's advisory panel on coronavirus countermeasures on Thursday approved a plan to let the state of emergency expire in the Tokyo area as scheduled on March 21, H...
Mar 17, 2021
Spring training roundup: Rays outslug Pirates
Tampa Bay Rays starter Tyler Glasnow struck out seven over four innings and the Tampa Bay Rays held on for a 10-9 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday at Bradenton, Fla. Glasnow still gave...
Mar 17, 2021
Taiwan clears AstraZeneca vaccines, shots may start next week
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan has completed checks on its first batch of AstraZeneca Plc COVID-19 vaccines and the first shots may start being administered from Monday, Health Minister Chen Shih-chung sai...
Mar 17, 2021
Dollar wobbles after Fed pushes back against rate hike speculation
By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar was on the defensive on Thursday after the Federal Reserve signalled it was in no hurry to raise interest rates through all of 2023 even as it saw a ...
Mar 17, 2021
New Zealand says close to a travel arrangement with Australia
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand is close to allowing Australians to visit without quarantining on arrival, New Zealand's deputy prime minister said on Thursday, a reciprocal right that would create...
Mar 17, 2021
Bank of England to keep recovery hopes in check despite vaccine progress
By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England will probably try on Thursday to keep a lid on expectations that Britain's economy is heading for a strong, vaccine-boosted recovery after s...
Mar 17, 2021
Britain sets sights on ‘Big Four’ auditors in market shake-up
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Britain proposed weakening the market grip of "Big Four" auditors on Thursday and making company directors responsible for spotting fraud after the collapses of retaile...
Mar 17, 2021
U.S. students to retrace path of abolitionist Frederick Douglass to Ireland
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Irish Prime Minister Michel Martin met virtually on Wednesday with 22 college students who will retrace the journey of Bla...
Mar 17, 2021
Protesters stage jail break as demonstrations rack Haitian capital
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Protesters freed four police officers from behind bars in Haiti's capital on Wednesday, local media reported, as demonstrations over a botched police raid on a gang strongho...
Mar 17, 2021
