Author Archives: Syndicated Content
White House official to visit Beirut, seeking to ease Israel-Lebanon tensions
By Steve Holland and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior White House adviser Amos Hochstein is expected to visit Beirut on Thursday, a U.S. official said late on Wednesday, as part of U.S. ef...
Jan 10, 2024
Philippine lawmakers criticise television ad as bid to revise history
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine opposition lawmakers and rights activists have criticised a television advertisement as an effort to whitewash history after it blamed the country's economic woes on the ...
Jan 10, 2024
Bulls can't hold big lead, but top Rockets in OT
Coby White scored a game-high 30 points and Zach LaVine and Nikola Vucevic notched double-doubles to boost the Chicago Bulls to a 124-119 overtime victory against the visiting Houston Rockets on Wedne...
Jan 10, 2024
Google lays off hundreds working on Assistant software, other parts of company
(Reuters) - Alphabet's Google said on Wednesday it is laying off hundreds of people working on its voice-activated Google Assistant software and is eliminating a similar number of roles in the company...
Jan 10, 2024
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander-led Thunder defeat Heat to halt series skid
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 28 points and Jalen Williams narrowly missed out on a triple-double to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 128-120 win over the host Miami Heat on Wednesday. The Thunder...
Jan 10, 2024
Jalen Johnson leads way as Hawks knock off 76ers
Jalen Johnson scored 25 points, seven of them in overtime, with a career-high 16 rebounds and seven assists to help the Atlanta Hawks end a two-game losing streak with a 139-132 win over the visiting ...
Jan 10, 2024
OECD urges Japan's central bank to gradually raise interest rates
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan should gradually raise short-term interest rates and make its bond yield control policy more flexible, if inflation stays around its 2% target and i...
Jan 10, 2024
Malaysia, Singapore agree to jointly develop special economic zone
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia and Singapore on Thursday agreed to jointly develop a special economic zone (SEZ) in the southern Malaysian state of Johor, the two countries said in a joint statemen...
Jan 10, 2024
Markets gird for volatility as Taiwan heads to vote
By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Investors are bracing for a volatile reception to Taiwan's election on Jan. 13, with added focus on the island's chip sector, after China said the poll was a ch...
Jan 10, 2024
China REITs plumb record lows as economic gloom lingers
By Samuel Shen and Vidya Ranganathan SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China's real estate investment products are tumbling, extending last year's slump as investors lose hope for a recovery in the econo...
Jan 10, 2024
