Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Spain’s Economy minister calls for parties responsibility to approve budget soon
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's economy minister Nadia Calvino called on Monday for all parties' responsibility to allow the approval of a budget as soon as possible to cope with coronavirus pandemic. "It ...
Aug 31, 2020
Japan’s Toshimaen amusement park closes after 94 years, to make way for Harry Potter
TOKYO (Reuters) - A popular Tokyo amusement park on Monday closed its doors for the last time after being in business for more than nine decades, with part of the site set to make way for a "Harry Pot...
Aug 31, 2020
Japan investors bet on Suga’s Abenomics 2.0, buy travel stocks
By Hideyuki Sano and Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese investors are putting their money on Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga taking over as Japan's next prime minister, and extending the ...
Aug 31, 2020
Prominent Indian lawyer found guilty of contempt, fined one rupee
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's top court on Monday imposed a symbolic fine of one rupee ($0.0136) on a prominent lawyer found guilty of criminal contempt for posts on Twitter that were critical of seni...
Aug 31, 2020
Sudan signs historic peace deal with five rebel groups
JUBA (Reuters) - Sudan's government signed a peace agreement with the country's five key rebel groups on Monday, a significant step in the transitional leadership's goal of resolving multiple, deep-ro...
Aug 31, 2020
Vanguard’s China fund market strategy under a cloud after Asia setbacks
By Samuel Shen and Alun John SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - As Vanguard Group doubles down on mainland China's $2.6 trillion mutual funds market, the U.S. asset manager faces challenges similar to tho...
Aug 31, 2020
Baltic states to hit Lukashenko, other Belarus officials with sanctions
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia will announce travel sanctions on about 30 Belarus officials, including President Alexander Lukashenko, later on Monday, Lithuanian President Gitanas ...
Aug 31, 2020
EU’s Dombrovskis calls for international taxation of digital services
VIENNA (Reuters) - The European Union needs to tax companies that generate its revenues with digital services as the money is needed to fund infrastructure and social programmes in the future, Europea...
Aug 31, 2020
Ex-Japan defence chief mum on whether he’ll join PM race
By Antoni Slodkowski and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's former defence minister, Shigeru Ishiba, on Monday declined to say if would run in the ruling party leadership race to succeed Pri...
Aug 31, 2020
U.S. military suspends some training in South Korea after deadly crash
By Josh Smith and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - The U.S. military command in South Korea said on Monday it would suspend training at a range after four South Korean civilians were killed in a crash w...
Aug 31, 2020
