Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Scarred by 2020, Gen Z looks to a COVID-free future
(Reuters) - Lives that had been focussed on school, university, sports or even going to K-pop concerts vanished overnight for members of Gen Z as the global pandemic struck. While a lot was heard abou...
Dec 24, 2020
Youth unemployment: a scourge of the COVID-19 economy
(Reuters) - As 2020 was dawning, the oldest members of the world's youngest generation - Generation Z - were preparing to emerge into one of the strongest global job markets in decades. That promising...
Dec 24, 2020
Japan may intervene to arrest yen rise but only once, says former currency tsar
By Leika Kihara and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan may intervene in the foreign exchange market to prevent the yen from rising above 100 to the dollar, but just once given the difficulty o...
Dec 24, 2020
Olympics: Domestic sponsors agree to extend contracts for delayed Tokyo games
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo 2020 organisers said on Thursday that all 68 domestic sponsors for the Summer Olympics agreed in principle to extend their contracts for the delayed games. The Tokyo Olympics h...
Dec 24, 2020
Anti-Myanmar hate speech flares in Thailand over virus
By Panarat Thepgumpanat, Shoon Naing and Matthew Tostevin BANGKOK (Reuters) - "Wherever you see Myanmar people, shoot them down," read one Thai comment on YouTube after a surge of coronavirus cases am...
Dec 24, 2020
Ukraine coronavirus cases rise past one million
KYIV (Reuters) - A total of 1.001 million coronavirus cases has been registered in Ukraine as of Dec. 24, with 17,395 deaths and 631,435 people recovered, Ukrainian health minister Maksym Stepanov sai...
Dec 24, 2020
Iran foreign minister dismisses Trump’s tweet that Tehran behind attack on U.S. Embassy in Baghdad
(Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister on Thursday dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump's allegations that Iran was behind the recent rocket attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. "Putting your own citi...
Dec 24, 2020
Thailand confirms 67 new coronavirus infections
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand confirmed 67 new coronavirus infections on Thursday, of which nine were imported from overseas, the public health ministry said. All but three of the 58 locally transmitte...
Dec 24, 2020
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Singapore confirms first case of new coronavirus variant Singapore confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus variant fou...
Dec 24, 2020
Kuroda says BOJ ready to take steps to make stimulus more sustainable
TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Thursday the central bank is ready to take new steps to make its massive stimulus programme more effective and sustainable in an upcomi...
Dec 24, 2020
