Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Investors swap China holdings from Wall Street to Hong Kong as delisting threat brews
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Global fund managers are reducing their holdings in U.S-listed Chinese companies such as Alibaba, Netease and JD.com as risks grow they will be forced off American exchanges, swit...
Dec 11, 2020
Taiwan commissions new coast guard ships to bolster defences
By Ben Blanchard KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) - Taiwan commissioned the first of a new fleet of coastguard ships on Friday, an advanced catamaran that can be armed with missiles during war, as the isla...
Dec 11, 2020
Sanofi/GSK announce delay in COVID-19 vaccine project
PARIS (Reuters) - An experimental COVID-19 vaccine developed by Sanofi and Britain's GlaxoSmithKline showed an insufficient immune response in clinical trial results, the French drugmaker said on Frid...
Dec 11, 2020
One year on, Wuhan market at epicentre of virus outbreak remains barricaded and empty
By Cate Cadell WUHAN, China (Reuters) - For over six years, 38-year-old Wuhan restaurant owner Lai Yun started most days the same way - with a trip to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, just ten min...
Dec 11, 2020
Exclusive: ‘Avoid getting caught’ – report details how Carlsberg, SABMiller and UB fixed beer prices in India
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Top executives of Carlsberg, SABMiller and India's United Breweries (UB) exchanged commercially sensitive information and colluded to fix beer prices in India ove...
Dec 10, 2020
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai charged under national security law – local media
HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong democracy activist and media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been charged under the city's national security law on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces and endangering natio...
Dec 10, 2020
U.S. executes Brandon Bernard, over objections from several jurors in his trial
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. executed convicted felon Brandon Bernard on Thursday, despite objections by some of the jurors in his trial who pleaded with the Trump administration t...
Dec 10, 2020
Massachusetts governor sends police reform bill back to lawmakers
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker sent a major police reform bill that lawmakers approved last week back to the Democratic-led state legislature, saying he oppose...
Dec 10, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. says reports of Eritrean troops in Ethiopia’s Tigray are ‘credible’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States believes reports of Eritrean military involvement in Ethiopia's Tigray region are "credible," a State Department spokesperson told Reuters on Thursday, despite...
Dec 10, 2020
Asian markets wary over stimulus, pandemic concerns
By Pete Schroeder (Reuters) - Investors in Asia were set to push stocks lower on Friday as concerns about U.S. stimulus and climbing COVID-19 cases weighed globally on optimism. Australian S&P/ASX 200...
Dec 10, 2020
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