Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Mauritius oil spill clean-up likely to be completed by January: ship owner
TOKYO (Reuters) - The clean-up of a massive oil spill in August from a vessel off Mauritius will likely be mostly completed by January, the bulk carrier's owner, Japan's Nagashiki Shipping, said on Th...
Nov 05, 2020
Allstate Corp CEO eyes climate insurance plan under potential Biden win
By Suzanne Barlyn WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Allstate Corp wants a potential Democratic administration to back a taxpayer-funded program that would pay for losses caused by the largest climate-change fuel...
Nov 05, 2020
Amid U.S. election uncertainty, Fed likely to lay low this week
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is scheduled to release its latest policy statement on Thursday after two days of debate in which policymakers lacked a critical piece of...
Nov 05, 2020
Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 19,990: RKI
BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 19,990 to 597,583, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Thursday. The report...
Nov 04, 2020
India reports daily jump of 50,210 coronavirus infections
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India reported a daily jump of 50,210 coronavirus infections, taking its total to 8.36 million, the health ministry said on Thursday. This was the highest daily jump in cases sin...
Nov 04, 2020
Factbox: More U.S. states okay recreational marijuana in wide-ranging ballot questions
By Peter Szekely and Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - Voters in four states joined several others in legalizing marijuana for recreational use on Election Day, while Oregon approved the country's first th...
Nov 04, 2020
BOJ’s Kuroda says no plan to review ETF purchases
TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Thursday the central bank had no immediate plan to tweak its purchases of exchange-traded funds (ETF) or start selling its ETF holdings...
Nov 04, 2020
Indonesia’s economy shrinks year-on-year in third quarter, suffers first recession in over 20 years
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's economy contracted by slightly more than expected in the third quarter as the coronavirus outbreak helped trigger its first recession in over 20 years, data from the st...
Nov 04, 2020
China blocks travellers from coronavirus-hit Britain, Belgium
BEIJING (Reuters) - Mainland China has barred entry to some travellers from Britain and Belgium and set strict testing requirements on visitors from the United States, France and Germany, as it reimpo...
Nov 04, 2020
North Korean man who crossed border wants to defect: South Korea’s military
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - A North Korean man who crossed the heavily fortified border with South Korea has said he wants to defect to the South, Seoul officials said on Thursday. The man was t...
Nov 04, 2020
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