Category Archives: Syndicated
China plans $1 billion loan to ease Latam access to virus vaccine: Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - China plans to provide a $1 billion loan to make its coronavirus vaccine accessible for countries across Latin America and the Caribbean, the Mexican foreign ministry said on W...
Jul 22, 2020
S&P says Australia’s ‘AAA’ rating can absorb growing deficit
SYDNEY (Reuters) - S&P Global Ratings on Thursday said Australia's triple A credit rating can withstand the large widening in the government's budget deficit projected by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg as ...
Jul 22, 2020
Signs of farm ‘revolution’ in India as coronavirus prompts change
By Mayank Bhardwaj and Naveen Thukral RAIPUR JATTAN, India/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - For more than two decades, Indian farmer Ravindra Kajal cultivated rice the way his forefathers had - every June he flo...
Jul 22, 2020
Mexico to boost worker pensions, strikes deal with employers
By Anthony Esposito and Sharay Angulo MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican workers will get a major boost in their retirement benefits after the government and private sector ironed out the details of a pe...
Jul 22, 2020
Chilean senators give green light to controversial pension withdrawals
By Aislinn Laing and Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean senators on Wednesday voted to approve a controversial bill that allows citizens to withdraw 10% of their pension savings to help ease ...
Jul 22, 2020
Dollar finds footing as Sino-U.S. tensions escalate
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar crept off milestone lows against other majors on Thursday, and held on to gains against the yuan, as heightened Sino-U.S. tension put a bit of caution...
Jul 22, 2020
Big data may help BOJ guide economy through pandemic pain
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Big data is providing some surprising results for the Bank of Japan and helping ease concerns about pressure on the economy during the coronavirus pandemic, which cou...
Jul 22, 2020
Australia Treasurer forecasts yawning fiscal deficit on virus-driven stimulus
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said on Thursday the country's budget swung into a massive deficit of A$85.8 billion ($61.3 billion) in the year-ended June 2020 due to the gove...
Jul 22, 2020
China scheduled to launch independent Mars mission on Thursday
(Reuters) - China is scheduled to launch an unmanned probe to Mars on Thursday, aiming to demonstrate its technological prowess as it makes a bid for global leadership in space with its first independ...
Jul 22, 2020
Australia’s Victoria records third-highest daily rise in COVID-19 cases
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's second most populous state of Victoria reported on Thursday five deaths from the coronavirus in the last 24 hours and logged the third-highest daily rise in coronavirus ...
Jul 22, 2020
