Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Hungary government proposes gay adoption ban as COVID-19 worsens
By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's right-wing government has drafted legislation that would practically ban adoption by same-sex couples in what rights groups said was an attack on the L...
Nov 11, 2020
China urges U.S. to stop elevating relations with Taiwan
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday urged the United States to stop elevating ties with Taiwan, after Washington and Taipei announced they would hold economic talks this month. M...
Nov 11, 2020
Philippines extends termination proceedings of U.S. troop deal
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines has suspended for the second time its decision to scrap a two-decade-old Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States, its foreign ministry said on Wednesd...
Nov 11, 2020
Asian leaders to sign China-backed trade deal amid U.S. election uncertainty
By James Pearson HANOI (Reuters) - Southeast Asian leaders start meetings on Thursday that are expected to lead to an ambitious China-backed trade deal at a time the still uncertain election result in...
Nov 11, 2020
Japan’s ‘Jo Baiden’ feels affinity to U.S. president-elect
TOKYO (Reuters) - Meet Japan's Joe Biden - the mayor of a remote town who's become an internet sensation for having a name that can be pronounced the same as that of the U.S. president-elect. Yutaka U...
Nov 11, 2020
Analysis: Japanese stocks catch global investors’ eyes as post-COVID growth play
By Stanley White and Tom Westbrook TOKYO/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Japan's traditionally overlooked stock market is winning new fans as global investors use the promise of a coronavirus vaccine and a new U.S...
Nov 11, 2020
Japan’s third extra budget for stimulus may exceed 15 trillion yen: lawmaker
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's third extra budget for economic stimulus steps may need to be bigger than 15 trillion yen ($142.5 billion), a senior lawmaker in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) sai...
Nov 11, 2020
Czech Republic reports 9,016 new coronavirus cases, 249 deaths
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic reported 9,016 new coronavirus cases for Nov. 10, a drop of 3,072 from a week earlier, Health Ministry data showed on Wednesday. The country of 10.7 million has r...
Nov 11, 2020
Beware of whiplash in ‘normality trade’: Mike Dolan
(The author is editor-at-large for finance and markets at Reuters News. Any views expressed here are his own.) By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) - For a couple of days at least, there's been a craving fo...
Nov 11, 2020
Ethiopian journalists arrested as Tigray conflict worsens, refugees flee to Sudan
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Ethiopia's human rights commission condemned the arrest of journalists as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed pressed ahead with a military offensive in a northern region against local leade...
Nov 11, 2020
