Category Archives: Syndicated
Oil prices climb more than $1 ahead of WTI June contract expiry
By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices jumped by more than $1 a barrel on Monday to their highest in more than a month, supported by ongoing output cuts and signs of gradual recovery in fuel...
May 17, 2020
New Zealand’s resident population tops 5 million
SYDNEY (Reuters) - New Zealand's resident population has climbed above 5 million, with the milestone to be the fastest million to be added in the country's history, according to data released by Stati...
May 17, 2020
SK Hynix shares fall 3% after U.S. tightens rule to curb Huawei’s chip supply
SEOUL (Reuters) - Shares of SK Hynix , the world's No.2 memory chip maker after Samsung Electronics , fell 3.2% on Monday after the United States on Friday moved to curb shipments of semiconductors to...
May 17, 2020
China reports seven new coronavirus cases, up from five a day earlier
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China reported seven new coronavirus cases for May 17, up from five a day earlier, the country's health authority said on Monday. Of the new cases, four were imported from the Inn...
May 17, 2020
Asia shares make cautious gains, oil and gold jump
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares crept ahead on Monday and oil prices hit a five-week high as more countries re-opened their economies, stirring hopes the world was nearer to emerging fro...
May 17, 2020
Australia plans pop-up carparks to prevent rush hour virus crush
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian officials planned to open pop-up parking lots and extra bicycle lanes in Sydney and other cities as the country's most populous state began its first full week on Monday ...
May 17, 2020
Mexico reports 49,219 cases of coronavirus and 5,177 deaths
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico registered 49,219 cases of coronavirus on Sunday, with the country's death toll rising to 5,177, health authorities said. Mexico has seen a slightly higher death rate fr...
May 17, 2020
NASCAR returns to sound of silence
By Steve Keating (Reuters) - Kevin Harvick and NASCAR both celebrated victories on Sunday as the stock car series returned to live racing from a two-month novel coronavirus forced hiatus at an empty D...
May 17, 2020
Golf – McIlroy, Johnson triumph as charity match offers ‘normalcy’
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - A tie-break win for world number one Rory McIlroy and teammate Dustin Johnson at the Driving Relief two-on-two charity skins match Sunday injected suspense to a cou...
May 17, 2020
Alibaba’s Jack Ma resigns from SoftBank board
TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp said on Monday that Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma will resign from its board, in the latest departure by a high-profile ally of CEO Masayoshi Son. SoftBank said it w...
May 17, 2020
