Author Archives: Syndicated Content
South Korea students sit college exam behind plastic barriers and in hospitals due to COVID-19
By Hyonhee Shin and Soohyun Mah SEOUL (Reuters) - Nearly half a million South Korean students nervously began a hyper-competitive university entrance exam on Thursday, with COVID-19 students taking th...
Dec 02, 2020
Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 22,046: RKI
BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 22,046 to 1,106,789, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Thursday. The repo...
Dec 02, 2020
China orders inspections to prevent COVID spread via cold chain
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is carrying out sweeping inspections on food importers, supermarkets, e-commerce platforms and restaurants to prevent the spread of coronavirus through imported cold chain pr...
Dec 02, 2020
Australia approves tough new veto powers over foreign agreements amid China row
By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's parliament on Thursday passed legislation giving the federal government power to veto any agreement struck with foreign states, a move likely to anger C...
Dec 02, 2020
Six missing, homes destroyed in Alaska after rain triggers landslides
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Six people were missing in Haines, Alaska, on Wednesday after record rains triggered landslides that destroyed four homes in the mountainous southeast, st...
Dec 02, 2020
Proxy firm Glass Lewis backs investor WaterMill’s board nominees at Ziopharm Oncology
(Reuters) - Proxy adviser Glass Lewis has urged Ziopharm Oncology Inc's shareholders to elect all three of investment firm WaterMill Asset Management Corp's proposed board members and vote to remove f...
Dec 02, 2020
Japan considering support for shift to electric vehicles: Kato
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's trade ministry is considering support for a shift to electric-powered vehicles and will map out a plan by the year-end, chief government spokesman Katsunobu Kato told a news ...
Dec 02, 2020
Prosecutors building case against ex-PM Abe’s secretary for failure to report funding
TOKYO (Reuters) - Prosecutors are building a case against former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's secretary over failing to report a total of as much as 40 million yen ($382,848) in political funds, the Yo...
Dec 02, 2020
Oil drops as OPEC+ resume talks on output cut extension after impasse
TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices fell on Thursday as producers including Saudi Arabia and Russia locked horns over the need to extend record production cuts set in place in the first wave of the COVID-19 ...
Dec 02, 2020
BOJ’s Suzuki says central bank should allow yield curve to steepen more
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan (BOJ) board member Hitoshi Suzuki said on Thursday the central bank should allow super-long bond yields to rise moderately as part of efforts to make it...
Dec 02, 2020
