Category Archives: Syndicated
China says Diaoyu islands are Chinese territory, rebuts U.S. criticism
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Wednesday the Diaoyu islands are Chinese territory and it has the right to conduct law enforcement activities in the area, rebutting a U.S. military commander's criti...
Jul 29, 2020
Japan’s Osaka confirms daily-high 220 new coronavirus: Nippon TV
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Osaka prefecture confirmed around 220 new cases of coronavirus infection on Wednesday, setting a daily record high for the second straight day, Nippon TV reported. (Reporting...
Jul 29, 2020
U.S. prosecutors seek 27 months imprisonment for former Uber self-driving head
(Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors are seeking 27 months of imprisonment for the former head of Uber's self-driving technology unit, Anthony Levandowski, who agreed to plead guilty in March for taking sensi...
Jul 29, 2020
Britain has no alternative to quarantine yet, minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain does not yet have a viable alternative to imposing a 14-day quarantine on travelers returning from countries deemed to have a high risk of coronavirus, culture minister Oliv...
Jul 29, 2020
European shares flat, investors sift through earnings deluge
(Reuters) - European stocks opened largely flat as investors parsed through a deluge of earnings reports from major lenders like Deutsche Bank and Barclays, while waiting to hear from the U.S. Federal...
Jul 29, 2020
Spain retail sales falls 4.7% y/y in June
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish retail sales registered a smaller contraction in June than in the previous month, as authorities gradually lifted the strict lockdown imposed in mid-March, the National Stat...
Jul 29, 2020
Russia’s coronavirus cases near 830,000
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Wednesday reported 5,475 new cases of the novel coronavirus, pushing its national tally to 828,990, the fourth largest in the world. In the daily readout, officials said 1...
Jul 29, 2020
Indonesia farms see boom in online sales of sacrificial animals for Eid
By Heru Asprihanto BOGOR, Indonesia (Reuters) - As Indonesian Muslims prepare to celebrate the Eid al-Adha festival, farms are seeing a boom in online sales that limit the need for people to visit far...
Jul 29, 2020
Philippines moves closer to taxing tech giants
MANILA (Reuters) - A proposed bill that will allow the Philippines to tax tech giants like Facebook, Alphabet's Google and Youtube, and Netflix, moved a step closer to becoming a law after a lower hou...
Jul 29, 2020
UK watchdog fines BDO for audit of insurer AmTrust Europe
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's accounting watchdog on Wednesday fined BDO 160,000 pounds ($207,040) for unintentional rule breaches in its audit of international insurer AmTrust Europe Limited, saying t...
Jul 29, 2020
