Author Archives: Syndicated Content
In Tibet, China preaches the material over the spiritual
By Yew Lun Tian LHASA, China (Reuters) - Dzekyid, a 54-year-old barley farmer, presents himself as a role model for his neighbours and for the success of China's efforts to tie economic development to...
Oct 29, 2020
Delta Air Lines, pilot union reach preliminary deal to avoid furloughs
(Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc and the union that represents its pilots have reached a preliminary cost-cutting deal that will prevent furloughs until Jan. 1, 2022, the union said late on Thursday. D...
Oct 29, 2020
China must commit to battery recycling in electric vehicle boom: Greenpeace
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China needs to step up the recycling and repurposing of batteries for electric vehicles in order to ease supply strains and curb pollution and carbon emissions, environmental grou...
Oct 29, 2020
Argentina, Mexico delay IDB board meeting to vote on new leaders
By Andrea Shalal and Dave Graham WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico and Argentina have delayed a key meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank until after the Nov. 3 U.S. election, deliver...
Oct 29, 2020
New Zealand approves euthanasia, set to reject recreational marijuana
By Colin Packham (Reuters) - New Zealand has provisionally voted to legalise euthanasia but is on course to reject law changes that would allow recreational marijuana use, the country's Electoral Comm...
Oct 29, 2020
Japan’s factory output rises for fourth month on jump in car, machinery production
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's industrial output rose for the fourth straight month in September as the world's third-largest economy continued to shake off the drag from the COVID-19 cr...
Oct 29, 2020
LG Chem shareholders approve plan to split off battery business: source
SEOUL (Reuters) - LG Chem shareholders approved the company's proposal to separate its battery business into a new company, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday. The decision paves...
Oct 29, 2020
Mexico reports 5,948 new coronavirus cases, 464 more deaths
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry reported on Thursday 5,948 additional cases of the novel coronavirus and 464 more deaths in the country, bringing the official number of cases to 912,8...
Oct 29, 2020
Instagram to suspend recent content amplification to stop spread of fake election news
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc's Instagram said on Thursday it was making changes to its image sharing platform to prevent the spread of misinformation around the U.S. presidential election. For users in th...
Oct 29, 2020
Brazil’s Bolsonaro says fresh COVID lockdown measures are ‘crazy’
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a longtime critic of stay-at-home measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic, said on Thursday that it was "crazy" for countries to star...
Oct 29, 2020
