Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive: Japan bank regulator surveying impact of coronavirus restrictions on local economies – sources
By Takahiko Wada TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's banking regulator is surveying regional lenders on how local businesses are coping with new restrictions to contain COVID-19, as it seeks to forestall a spik...
Feb 08, 2021
‘It’s all open!’: French flock to Madrid cafes for pandemic reprieve
By Clara-Laeila Laudette and Guillermo Martinez MADRID (Reuters) - French tourists weary of their strict national lockdown are flocking over the border to Madrid, where bars and restaurants are open a...
Feb 08, 2021
Dominant Halep into second round at a canter
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Simona Halep skipped briskly into the second round of the Australian Open with a businesslike 6-2 6-1 demolition of local wild card Lisette Cabrera on Monday. The second seeded R...
Feb 08, 2021
Biden says decision on 2020 Games ‘has to be based on science’
TOKYO (Reuters) - Any decision about holding the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, postponed by a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, must be based on science, U.S. President Joe Biden told a radio show. Th...
Feb 08, 2021
Great Wall invests in auto chip startup Horizon Robotics to develop smart car technologies
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's automaker Great Wall Motor said on Monday it has invested in auto chip startup Horizon Robotics and will jointly develop smart car technologies. Great Wall said in a statem...
Feb 08, 2021
Taiwan January exports rocket to record high, outlook rosy
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's exports rose in January for the seventh consecutive month, with the unexpectedly strong pace setting a new record as its manufacturers benefited from consumers staying at h...
Feb 08, 2021
Exclusive: Japan banking regulator conducting survey on regional economies, sources say
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's banking regulator is surveying regional lenders to gauge how new curbs imposed in January to contain COVID-19 are affecting regional economies, four sources with direct knowl...
Feb 08, 2021
Serena channels Olympic champion FloJo with single-legged catsuit
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Serena Williams debuted a striking single-legged leotard in her first match in the Australian Open on Monday, paying homage to the Olympic track champion Florence Griffith Joyner...
Feb 08, 2021
India asks Twitter to remove 1,178 accounts: government sources
By Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has asked Twitter Inc to take down 1,178 accounts the country says are backed by arch rival Pakistan or operated by sympathizers of a separatist Sikh m...
Feb 08, 2021
Three climbers on K2 feared dead, three days after they went missing
By Umar Farooq ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani military helicopters continued to search for three missing climbers on the world's second highest mountain K2 on Monday, as hope of their survival faded ...
Feb 08, 2021
