Author Archives: Syndicated Content
North American hurricane and wildfire season may be more extreme: Munich Re
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The upcoming Atlantic hurricane season and California wildfires in the autumn may be more extreme than usual, the German reinsurer Munich Re said on Thursday. So-called La Nina w...
Jul 23, 2020
China to launch new campaign to regulate social media news sites
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's top internet watchdog will launch a new campaign to crack down on the social media accounts of independent news providers, it said Thursday. The Cyberspace Administration...
Jul 23, 2020
Indonesia reports 1,906 new coronavirus cases, 117 deaths
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia reported 1,906 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, bringing its total infections to 93,657, data from the country's COVID-19 taskforce showed. The number of COVID-19 death...
Jul 23, 2020
Armed man takes policeman hostage in central Ukraine
KYIV (Reuters) - A man armed with a grenade has taken a senior policeman hostage in the central Ukrainian city of Poltava, Ukraine's deputy interior minister said on Thursday. "Negotiations are ongoin...
Jul 23, 2020
Hong Kong reports new daily record of coronavirus cases
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong reported 118 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, a daily record, including 111 that were locally transmitted, adding to a deluge of new cases that have hit the global fi...
Jul 23, 2020
New revenues agreed for EU a historic feat: EU Commission head
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - An agreement by European Union leaders to assign new revenue streams to finance the recovery package is a huge, historic step for the 27-nation bloc, the head of the European Comm...
Jul 23, 2020
Barclays sees near-tem oil price correction if demand recovery slows
(Reuters) - Barclays Commodities Research said on Thursday oil prices could see a correction in the near-term if a recovery in fuel demand slows further, especially in the United States. While a recen...
Jul 23, 2020
China’s ICBC cuts average loan rate to 4.31% to support economy
BEIJING (Reuters) - Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the country's largest bank by assets, slashed its average interest rate by 45 basis points to 4.31% in the first half of 2020, bank ...
Jul 23, 2020
Poland’s unemployment rate rises to 6.1% in June
(Reuters) - Poland's registered unemployment rate rose to 6.1% in June compared with 6.0% in May, statistics office data showed on Thursday, below analysts' expectations of 6.2%. The statistics office...
Jul 23, 2020
South Africa may stop lenders blacklisting borrowers during pandemic
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's government may temporarily ban lenders from blacklisting consumers whose credit records have been hit by the coronavirus crisis, a consultation document publish...
Jul 23, 2020
