Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China’s long-term economic growth fundamentals will not change: President Xi
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping said China's long-term sound economic growth fundamentals will not change, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday as China reported bette...
Jul 15, 2020
California Resources files for bankruptcy protection
(Reuters) - California Resources Corp filed for Chapter 11 on Wednesday after defaulting on interest payments, becoming the latest U.S. energy major to seek bankruptcy protection in recent years follo...
Jul 15, 2020
Beijing’s top Hong Kong office slams U.S. sanctions as ‘gangster logic and bullying’
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's top representative office in Hong Kong condemned what it called gross interference by the United States in the Asian financial hub, labelling President Donald Trump's mov...
Jul 15, 2020
Australia June unemployment jumps to highest since late 1990s
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's unemployment rate jumped to a level last seen in the late 1990s, even though jobs grew by far more than expected as more people went looking for work, official data for ...
Jul 15, 2020
Australia’s Victoria reports two COVID-19 deaths, record daily rise in infections
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's second-most populous state of Victoria said on Thursday two men in their 80s died overnight from the coronavirus, as the state logged a record daily rise in new infectio...
Jul 15, 2020
China OKs human test for coronavirus vaccine candidate based on BioNTech’s technology, says Fosun
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has given the green light to an early-stage human test for a coronavirus vaccine candidate using German firm BioNTech's technology, its local partner said on Thursday. A unit...
Jul 15, 2020
Australia to spend further $1.1 billion on wage subsidies amid coronavirus
By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian government plans to spend A$1.5 billion ($1.1 billion) to substantially extend a program to subsidise the wages of apprentices, its latest support me...
Jul 15, 2020
China reports one new coronavirus case in mainland, none in Beijing
BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported one new confirmed COVID-19 case for the mainland as of the end of July 15, down from six a day earlier, the country's national health authority said on Thursday. The...
Jul 15, 2020
McIlroy ‘not even thinking about’ losing No. 1 ranking
Rory McIlroy is more focused on fine-tuning his game than trying to fend off the four players who can unseat him from the No. 1 world ranking at the Memorial Tournament this week. McIlroy played in th...
Jul 15, 2020
Floored by COVID-19, Cirque du Soleil eyes return to the high-wire
By Allison Lampert and Xihao Jiang MONTREAL/HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - As the coronavirus pandemic ripped around the globe, Cirque du Soleil, a circus troupe formed by Quebec street performers that b...
Jul 15, 2020
