Category Archives: Syndicated
Brazil fires top parks official in latest environmental reshuffle, sources say
By Lisandra Paraguassu and Jake Spring BRASILIA (Reuters) - The head of Brazil's national parks service has been removed, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, in the latest management...
Aug 20, 2020
South Korea urges more testing, quarantines as coronavirus outbreak threatens to spread
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean health authorities warned on Friday that a cluster of coronavirus infections in the capital Seoul was threatening to spread after thousands of people attended a rally by...
Aug 20, 2020
Oil climbs for third straight week, buoyed by producers holding back output
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil prices rose in early trade on Friday, on track for a third straight week of gains, buoyed by major oil producers' efforts to hold back output amid concerns abo...
Aug 20, 2020
New virus cases in Australia’s hotspot state hit five-week low
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's virus hot spot state of Victoria recorded its lowest number of new infections in five weeks on Friday, as Prime Minister Scott Morrison prepared to build a framework ...
Aug 20, 2020
New Zealand defers lockdown decision as it reports new COVID-19 cases
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand on Friday reported 11 new cases of coronavirus, and put off a decision about easing restrictions in its biggest city of Auckland to next week. Prime...
Aug 20, 2020
Coronavirus crisis threatens to unravel Japanese artist’s kimono ambitions
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese artist Hiroko Takahashi fought through sexism and suspicion from traditional kimono artisans to establish a globally known brand that sold hundreds of her ori...
Aug 20, 2020
Timeline: Three years on, a look at the Rohingya crisis
(Reuters) - This month marks the third anniversary of the fleeing of more than 730,000 Rohingya from Myanmar's Rakhine State to Bangladesh after a military-led crackdown in response to an attack by Mu...
Aug 20, 2020
Exclusive: Top FDA official says would resign if agency rubber-stamps an unproven COVID-19 vaccine
By Dan Levine and Marisa Taylor (Reuters) - A top U.S. health regulator who will help decide the fate of a coronavirus vaccine has vowed to resign if the Trump administration approves a vaccine before...
Aug 20, 2020
Amid heightened tensions, Taiwan tells China not to underestimate its resolve
TAIPEI (Reuters) - China should not underestimate Taiwan's resolve to defend itself, and China's military threats will only cause Taiwan's people to be even more resolute, the island's defence ministr...
Aug 20, 2020
New Zealand central bank watching labour market ‘very closely’
SYDNEY (Reuters) - New Zealand's central bank is watching the country's labour market "very closely" to decide if negative interest rates will be needed to further support the economy, a senior offici...
Aug 20, 2020
