Author Archives: Syndicated Content
In Japan’s Nagasaki, some glimmers of economic revival
By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada NAGASAKI, Japan (Reuters) - On Japan's southern tip, some initiatives to revitalise local businesses are making small but steady success, offering a silver lining for...
Oct 30, 2020
Pompeo wraps up Asia tour in Vietnam following prisoner release
HANOI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wound up a visit to Asia in Vietnam on Friday after a tour marked by his repeated calls for help for the United States in confronting security thr...
Oct 30, 2020
COVID crisis will result in fewer airline companies: IATA airlines group head
PARIS (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic will result in fewer airline companies, as a result of firms being taken over or going under, said the head of the International Air Transport Association (IATA...
Oct 30, 2020
National COVID lockdown in England not inevitable, UK minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - A national lockdown in England is not inevitable to contain an increase in COVID-19 cases, British foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Friday, adding that a localised approach cou...
Oct 30, 2020
Crypto hedge funds rack up steep gains on lending surge
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency hedge funds have posted hefty gains so far this year, benefiting from the surge in transactions that allow lenders and borrowers to tran...
Oct 30, 2020
Russia’s daily coronavirus cases surge above 18,000 to record high
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's daily tally of coronavirus cases surged to a record high of 18,283 on Friday, including 5,268 in Moscow, taking the national total to 1,599,976 since the pandemic began. Au...
Oct 30, 2020
COVID-19 rains on Australia’s Melbourne Cup parade
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's Melbourne Cup has drawn a crowd for over 150 years but next week's running will be a subdued affair with social distancing rules robbing "the race that ...
Oct 30, 2020
Protesting Thai students boycott royal graduation day
By Jiraporn Kuhakan and Juarawee Kittisilpa BANGKOK (Reuters) - Some students sympathetic to Thai protesters said on Friday they were boycotting graduation ceremonies led by King Maha Vajiralongkorn i...
Oct 30, 2020
‘War against Islamist ideology’ means more attacks in France: interior minister
PARIS (Reuters) - More attacks on French soil are likely as France is engaged in a "war against Islamist ideology", its interior minister said on Friday. A knife-wielding Tunisian man shouting "Allahu...
Oct 30, 2020
AstraZeneca sells right to heart failure, blood pressure drugs for $400 million
(Reuters) - British drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc said on Friday it would sell commercial rights for two of its heart failure and blood pressure medicines to German pharmaceutical company Cheplapharm Arzn...
Oct 30, 2020
