Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russia identifies two cases of South African COVID-19 variant, says regulator
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has identified two cases of the new variant of the coronavirus first detected in South Africa, consumer health regulator Rospotrebnadzor said in a statement on Tuesday. Since...
Mar 16, 2021
ByteDance team to develop AI chips as China aims for self-reliance
By Yingzhi Yang and Tony Munroe BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese TikTok-owner ByteDance is making plans to develop semiconductors, according to the company's job postings and a source familiar with the sit...
Mar 16, 2021
Invest $131 trillion in clean energy by 2050 to hit climate goals, agency says
By Matthew Green LONDON (Reuters) - Planned investment in clean energy must increase by 30% to a total of $131 trillion by 2050 to avert catastrophic climate change, with the need to massively scale u...
Mar 16, 2021
Anger simmers over Syria’s economic collapse, but Assad appears secure
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - In the back alleys of the old city of Damascus, Yaseen al-Obeid carries sacks of bricks to make some extra cash and supplement his monthly foreman's salary of ...
Mar 16, 2021
BOJ’s Kuroda stresses need to keep yield curve ‘stably low’
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Tuesday it was important to keep long-term interest rates "stably low" as the economy is still suffering from the impac...
Mar 16, 2021
Suspension of AstraZeneca shots is ‘political decision’: Italy’s medicines regulator head
ROME (Reuters) - The decision by Germany, France and Italy to suspend AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shots after several countries reported possible serious side-effects is a "political one", the director gen...
Mar 16, 2021
German COVID-19 cases are growing exponentially again: RKI
BERLIN (Reuters) - German coronavirus infections are spreading exponentially, up 20% in the last week, an expert at the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases said on Tuesday, adding that the r...
Mar 16, 2021
NBA roundup: Giannis’ third straight triple-double carries Bucks
Giannis Antetokounmpo recorded his third triple-double in as many games, and the Milwaukee Bucks held off a second-half surge to beat the host Washington Wizards 133-122 on Monday. Antetokounmpo finis...
Mar 16, 2021
Exclusive: Global investors value China’s Ant Group at over $200 billion – sources
By Julie Zhu and Kane Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Some of Ant Group's global investors have valued the Chinese fintech firm at over $200 billion based on its 2020 performance, said people with knowledge ...
Mar 16, 2021
Volkswagen targets profit recovery as speeds transformation
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen is confident that cost cuts will help it raise profit margins in the coming years, the world's second-largest carmaker said on Tuesday, a day after outlining an ambiti...
Mar 16, 2021
