Category Archives: Syndicated
Oil prices slip as weak Japan data exposes market jitters over fragile demand
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil prices fell in early trade on Tuesday after weak Japanese industrial production data, not usually a market-moving factor, was enough to jangle trader nerves ov...
Jun 29, 2020
Japan’s fussy food shoppers finally go online amid pandemic
By Ritsuko Ando TOKYO (Reuters) - The coronavirus has forced Japan's notoriously fussy food shoppers to abandon doubts about online grocery stores, sending retailers such as Aeon Co scrambling to meet...
Jun 29, 2020
Report: NBA to paint ‘Black Lives Matter’ on Disney courts
The NBA's plan to highlight social-justice issues when play restarts reportedly will start from the ground up. The courts that will be used for games at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex near Orla...
Jun 29, 2020
Nets G Dinwiddie tests positive for COVID-19
Brooklyn Nets standout guard Spencer Dinwiddie has been diagnosed with the coronavirus, he told The Athletic on Monday. Dinwiddie told the publication he may not be able to play when the NBA season is...
Jun 29, 2020
New Zealand to use virtual digital platforms to host APEC summit
SYDNEY (Reuters) - New Zealand will use virtual digital platforms to host the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group summit next year, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said on Tuesday. The deci...
Jun 29, 2020
Safe-haven currencies on defensive, sterling soft on spending plan
By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - Safe-haven currencies were on the back foot on Tuesday as hopes of an economic turnaround boosted stock prices while sterling was under pressure after British Prime ...
Jun 29, 2020
Panama reports record 1,099 new coronavirus cases
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama registered a record 1,099 new cases of coronavirus infection on Monday, taking the total number in the country to 32,785, while deaths climbed by 16 to 620 overall, the ...
Jun 29, 2020
China reports 19 new COVID-19 cases, including seven in Beijing
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China on Tuesday reported 19 new coronavirus cases in the mainland for June 29, up from 12 a day earlier, the health authority said. Of the new infections, seven were in Beijing, ...
Jun 29, 2020
U.S. Democrats push election-year healthcare, housing, infrastructure bills
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives this week showcased three big-ticket, election-year initiatives they say would improve healthcare, protect renters from eviction a...
Jun 29, 2020
Mexico registers 3,805 new coronavirus cases, 473 more deaths
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry on Monday reported 3,805 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection and 473 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 220,657 cases...
Jun 29, 2020
