Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Taiwan urges China to start dialogue with Hong Kong people
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan urged China on Friday to "sincerely start a dialogue" with people in Hong Kong after China proposed new national security legislation for the former British colony. Taiwan wi...
May 22, 2020
Roche buys U.S. gene sequencing tech company Stratos Genomics
ZURICH (Reuters) - Pharmaceutical group Roche has acquired U.S.-based Stratos Genomics to further develop DNA-based sequencing for diagnostic use, it said on Friday. "The acquisition provides Roche ac...
May 22, 2020
Final round of French local elections due on June 28: BFM TV
PARIS (Reuters) - The final round of France's local mayoral elections will be scheduled for June 28, BFM TV reported on Friday. French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe had said earlier this month the e...
May 22, 2020
German tax revenues fall 23.5% due to coronavirus pandemic
BERLIN (Reuters) - Tax revenues of the German government and the 16 federal states declined by 23.5% in April from a year earlier to around 39 billion euros ($43 billion) due to the coronavirus pandem...
May 22, 2020
Rudderless after a rally, stock markets look for next catalyst
By Saikat Chatterjee, Sujata Rao and Megan Davies LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global equity markets have shuffled up about 1% this month despite the world starting to re-open after the coronavirus-dri...
May 22, 2020
Thailand reports no new coronavirus cases, no new deaths
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Friday reported no new coronavirus infections or deaths, maintaining the total of 3,037 confirmed cases and 56 fatalities since the outbreak started in January. There a...
May 22, 2020
Why bond investors are willing to bet on money-losing Pemex after oil price crash
By Stefanie Eschenbacher and Rodrigo Campos MEXICO CITY/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mexico's state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos has seen investor sentiment improve in recent weeks despite sky-high d...
May 22, 2020
As big cats go hungry, Indonesia zoo considers ‘worst-case’ deer cull
By Wahyuwidi Cinthya and Johan Purnomo BANDUNG, Indonesia (Reuters) - A zoo in Indonesia may slaughter some of its animals to feed others, such as a Sumatran tiger and a Javan leopard, if it runs out ...
May 22, 2020
China to draft food security plan amid global coronavirus epidemic
By Hallie Gu and Tom Daly BEIJING (Reuters) - China will draft and carry out in 2020 a response plan for ensuring food security amid the global coronavirus pandemic, the country's state planner said o...
May 21, 2020
How South Korea turned an urban planning system into a virus tracking database
By Hyonhee Shin, Hyunjoo Jin and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - When a man in Seoul tested positive for the new coronavirus in May, South Korean authorities were able to confirm his wide-ranging movemen...
May 21, 2020
