Author Archives: Syndicated Content
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
Timeline: Myanmar’s troubled recent past, ahead of November 8 polls
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar goes to the polls on Nov. 8 in its second general election since the end of full military rule in 2011. Here is a timeline of some key events in the nation's recent rocky hi...
Oct 29, 2020
Social media disinformation campaigns tied to vaccine hesitancy
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - Social media disinformation campaigns designed to cast doubt on the safety and effectiveness of vaccines are contributing to vaccine hesitancy and a meaningful drop...
Oct 29, 2020
Profile of Aung San Suu Kyi ahead of Myanmar’s election
(Reuters) - Aung San Suu Kyi leads her National League for Democracy (NLD) party to the polls on Nov. 8 in Myanmar's second general election since the end of full military rule in 2011. Here are some ...
Oct 29, 2020
