Category Archives: Syndicated
Qatar offers Turkey relief by tripling FX swap line to $15 billion
By Ali Kucukgocmen and Orhan Coskun ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey secured a tripling of its currency-swap agreement with Qatar to $15 billion, the central bank said on Wednesday, providing some much-nee...
May 20, 2020
Tsingshan’s stainless steel order book fills as China rebounds, traders load up
By Mai Nguyen and Tom Daly SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) - Tsingshan Holding Group, the world's biggest stainless steel producer, has sold the entire output of its Chinese plants through June, said two ...
May 20, 2020
Indonesia reports biggest daily rise in coronavirus infections
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia reported on Wednesday 693 new coronavirus infections, the Southeast Asian nation's biggest daily rise and taking the total number of cases to 19,189, according to the web...
May 20, 2020
WTO’s goods trade index hits record low amid COVID disruptions
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Trade Organization (WTO) said on Wednesday its goods trade indicator fell to the lowest level since its launch, indicating global trade was likely to fall "precipitously" ...
May 20, 2020
China to simplify customs inspections on iron ore imports
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will streamline the imports of iron ore and skip sampling inspection of product quality to improve trade facilitation, the General Administration of Customs said on Wednesday...
May 20, 2020
Victims absent from South Korea’s ‘comfort women’ rally amid graft allegations over ex-leader
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean victims of Japanese wartime sexual violence boycotted a weekly protest in Seoul on Wednesday after a former leader of the group organising the rally was ...
May 20, 2020
Philippines reports 279 additional new coronavirus cases, five deaths
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' health ministry on Wednesday recorded 279 additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, the highest daily increase in nine days, and five additional deaths. ...
May 20, 2020
Soccer: Players’ mental health at risk during coronavirus shutdown
(Reuters) - With soccer suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, players are worried about their careers and some have become depressed and are considering self-harm, the PFA's director of player welfa...
May 20, 2020
‘Unreasonable’ to say China is vying for global leadership through virus aid: CPPCC
BEIJING (Reuters) - It is unreasonable and narrow-minded to say China is vying for global leadership by giving virus assistance to other countries, a top government spokesman said on Wednesday. Guo We...
May 20, 2020
After U.S. warning, Iran says its navy will still operate in Gulf
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Iranian navy will maintain regular missions in the Gulf, the ISNA news agency reported on Wednesday, a day after the United States warned mariners there to stay away from U.S. wa...
May 20, 2020
