Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Advert saying gender equality is ‘outdated’ sparks outrage in Japan
TOKYO (Reuters) - An online advertisement featuring a woman saying the debate over gender equality is outdated has sparked furore in Japan for being sexist, a month after an outcry over sexist comment...
Mar 24, 2021
Hong Kong activist charged with foreign collusion under national security law
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Andy Li was charged on Wednesday with "conspiracy to commit collusion" with a foreign country to endanger national security, two days after he wa...
Mar 24, 2021
March lockdown easing pushes German factory activity to record high: PMI
BERLIN (Reuters) - German factory activity rose to a record high in March and the services sector expanded after five successive months of contractions, surveys showed on Wednesday, suggesting Europe'...
Mar 24, 2021
European stocks hit two-week low ahead of PMI data
(Reuters) - European stocks hit a two-week low on Wednesday as renewed lockdowns across the eurozone and a row over the supply of COVID-19 vaccines dented sentiment ahead of the release of business ac...
Mar 24, 2021
French business activity stronger than expected in March: PMI
PARIS (Reuters) - French business activity held up better than expected in March as the country faced new coronavirus restrictions, with manufacturing surging ahead at the fastest pace in more than th...
Mar 24, 2021
South Africa’s consumer price inflation slows to 2.9% year-on-year in February
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's headline consumer price inflation slowed to 2.9% year-on-year in February from 3.2% in January, data from Statistics South Africa showed on Wednesday. On a mont...
Mar 24, 2021
Russia reports 8,861 new COVID-19 cases, 401 deaths
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Wednesday reported 8,861 new COVID-19 cases, including 1,431 in Moscow, pushing the national case tally to 4,483,471 since the pandemic began. The government coronavirus t...
Mar 24, 2021
France still facing several difficult weeks due to COVID: minister
PARIS (Reuters) - France is facing several difficult weeks ahead due to the new spread of the COVID-19 virus, which has led the government to enforce a new lockdown in some parts of the country, Inter...
Mar 24, 2021
Month ahead will be ‘infernal’ in French hospitals: Paris ICU head
PARIS (Reuters) - The coming month will be "infernal" for the French hospital system due to the third wave of the COVID-19 disease, Jean-Francois Timsit, head of the intensive care unit (ICU) at a Par...
Mar 24, 2021
Activist-backed proposal for Toshiba probe received 58% of shareholder votes
By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO(Reuters) - About 58% of Toshiba Corp shareholders last week voted in favour of an independent probe into allegations that investors were pressured ahead of last year's annual ...
Mar 24, 2021
