Category Archives: Syndicated
Swiss National Bank expected to maintain negative rates: Reuters poll
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss National Bank is likely to keep its policy interest rate at minus 0.75% until the end of 2021 at least, according to economists polled by Reuters. All 34 analysts surveyed...
Jun 16, 2020
Swiss economy could lose more $100 billion due to coronavirus – govt.
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's economy could lose almost 100 billion Swiss francs ($105 billion) in output due to the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, the government said on Tuesday. The gover...
Jun 16, 2020
Singapore scientists to start human trials of COVID-19 vaccine in August
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore scientists testing a COVID-19 vaccine from U.S. firm Arcturus Therapeutics plan to start human trials in August after promising initial responses in mice. More than 100...
Jun 16, 2020
Indonesia says U.S. not investigating VAT on digital services
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's plan to impose 10% value-added tax (VAT) on digital services offered by technology giants is not the subject of a trade investigation by the United States, Indonesia's ...
Jun 16, 2020
German coronavirus smartphone tracing app goes live
By Douglas Busvine BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany sought to mobilize the public on Tuesday to download a new smartphone app that seeks to help break the chain of coronavirus infections, one of several suc...
Jun 16, 2020
Hong Kong to allow gatherings of up to 50 people as COVID-19 curbs ease
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong will let groups of up to 50 people meet from Friday, easing an earlier limit of eight people, after reporting only a small number of coronavirus cases in recent weeks, ...
Jun 16, 2020
Taiwan jets ‘drive away’ intruding Chinese fighter plane, third intrusion in days
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan air force jets "drove away" a Chinese fighter plane that briefly entered Taiwan's air defence identification zone on Tuesday, the defence ministry said, reporting the third i...
Jun 16, 2020
Aviation crisis to keep oil demand below pre-virus levels until 2022: IEA
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil demand is recovering from the greatest fall in its history in 2020, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday, but a drop in flying due to the coronavirus means the ...
Jun 16, 2020
China asks Canada to probe parasites found in salmon: foreign ministry
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry has asked Canada to investigate parasites found in shipments of salmon products, spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters at a daily briefing on Tuesday. Norwe...
Jun 16, 2020
Actor’s suicide sparks debate about insularity in Bollywood film industry
By Shilpa Jamkhandikar MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian police will probe whether an up-and-coming Bollywood actor who committed suicide at the weekend was depressed in part due to "professional rivalry," in...
Jun 16, 2020
