Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan accuses China of pushing territorial claims during coronavirus pandemic
By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's annual defence review accuses China of pushing its territorial claims amid the coronavirus pandemic and suspects Beijing of spreading propaganda and disinformati...
Jul 13, 2020
Oil prices drop on demand recovery fears amid U.S. virus surge
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil prices fell around 2% in early trade on Tuesday on worries that new clampdowns on businesses to stem surging coronavirus cases in California and other U.S. sta...
Jul 13, 2020
Beijing’s Hong Kong office warns pro-democracy poll could violate new security law
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Beijing's top representative office in Hong Kong has warned the pro-democracy opposition's primary elections at the weekend could violate a new national security law, exacerbatin...
Jul 13, 2020
Hong Kong to impose most severe social distancing restrictions
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong will impose strict new social distancing measures from midnight Tuesday, the most stringent in the Asian financial hub since the coronavirus broke out, as authorities w...
Jul 13, 2020
Mexico registers 304,435 total cases of coronavirus, 35,491 deaths – health ministry
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Health Ministry on Monday reported 4,685 new confirmed coronavirus infections and 485 additional fatalities, bringing the country's totals to 304,435 cases and 35,491 ...
Jul 13, 2020
Norway’s KLP drops investment ban on Brazil’s Petrobras as governance improves
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Petrobras said on Monday it is again eligible to receive investments from Norway's largest pension fund, KLP, which had blocked investments in the state-owned oil firm fo...
Jul 13, 2020
Brazil reassigns deforestation data manager, raising question of political influence
By Jake Spring BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil is restructuring the space agency team responsible for monitoring deforestation including reassigning a key manager, a move that enviromentalists said raised...
Jul 13, 2020
Dollar in narrow range as U.S.-China tensions simmer, virus cases rise
By Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar was hemmed into narrow ranges against most currencies on Tuesday as renewed concerns about diplomatic tension between the United States and China and risi...
Jul 13, 2020
China reports five new coronavirus cases on July 13
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China reported on Tuesday five new coronavirus cases in the mainland for July 13, compared with eight cases a day earlier, the health authority said. All of the new infections wer...
Jul 13, 2020
Bridgewater Associates found to have ‘manufactured’ false evidence against ex-employees
(Reuters) - Hedge fund Bridgewater Associates was found by a panel of arbitrators to have "manufactured false evidence" in a case in which the company attempted to prove that its former employees had ...
Jul 13, 2020
