Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan’s ruling party to propose big spending on green investment: draft
By Daniel Leussink and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's ruling party will urge the government to lay out a big, decade-long spending programme to promote green investment, a draft proposal obtai...
Nov 26, 2020
Japan’s capital sees prices fall most in over eight years as COVID-19 pain persists
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Core consumer prices in Tokyo suffered their biggest annual drop in more than eight years, data showed on Friday, an indication the hit to consumption from the corona...
Nov 26, 2020
China reports H5N8 bird flu in swans in Shanxi province: agriculture ministry
BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu in wild swans in northern Shanxi province, the agriculture ministry said late on Thursday. The disease killed two swan...
Nov 26, 2020
China to impose temporary anti-dumping measures on Australian wine imports
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will impose temporary anti-dumping measures on wine imported from Australia from Nov. 28, the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement on Friday. Import operators bringing in...
Nov 26, 2020
Brazil’s Bolsonaro says he will not take coronavirus vaccine
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday evening that he will not take a coronavirus vaccine, the latest in a series of statements he has made expressing skepticism tow...
Nov 26, 2020
China’s industrial profits rise 28.2% year-on-year in October
BEIJING (Reuters) - Profits at Chinese industrial firms rose 28.2% year-on-year in October to 642.91 billion yuan ($97.79 billion), official data showed on Friday, pointing to a steady recovery in the...
Nov 26, 2020
Oil mixed as rally falters over supply concerns, vaccine doubts
TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices were mixed on Friday in quiet trade due to the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, with West Texas Intermediate (WTI) dropping more than 1% amid concerns about oversupply and doubt...
Nov 26, 2020
Exclusive: Venezuela resumes direct oil shipments to China despite U.S. sanctions
By Luc Cohen and Marianna Parraga (Reuters) - Venezuela has resumed direct shipments of oil to China after U.S. sanctions sent the trade underground for more than a year, according to Refinitiv Eikon ...
Nov 26, 2020
Mexico’s coronavirus death toll rises above 104,000
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry on Thursday reported 8,107 additional cases of the novel coronavirus and 645 more deaths in the country, bringing the official number of infections to ...
Nov 26, 2020
Dollar poised for weekly losses on improving risk sentiment
By Eimi Yamamitsu TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar held steady in thin trade on Friday but was on track for weekly losses against a basket of major currencies as it remained under pressure on improving ri...
Nov 26, 2020
