Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Indonesia says 200,000 hectares of palm plantations to be made forests
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Some 200,000 hectares (494,210 acres) of oil palm plantations found in areas designated as forests in Indonesia are expected to be returned to the state to be converted back into f...
Oct 31, 2023
Australia rate risk grows as house prices jump and IMF chimes in
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Chances of an imminent hike in Australian interest rates grew on Wednesday after data showed house prices rebounding to near record highs and the International Monetary Fund recomme...
Oct 31, 2023
Southeast Asia internet economy to grow 11% y/y in 2023
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Southeast Asia's internet economy is expected to grow 11% year-on-year in 2023, slowing from last year's 20% growth, an industry report showed on Wednesday. The annual report pub...
Oct 31, 2023
Asia's factories squeezed as China's nascent recovery teeters
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Asia's manufacturers faced worsening pressure in October with factory activity in China slipping back into decline, clouding recovery prospects for the region's major...
Oct 31, 2023
Games-Ford claims Pan Am decathlon crown as Chile downs U.S. in soccer
By Steve Keating SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chileans celebrated one of their biggest nights of the Pan American Games on Tuesday with Santiago Adolfo Ford claiming decathlon gold and the women's soccer team...
Oct 31, 2023
Asian stocks stutter ahead of Fed, frail yen in focus
By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks inched lower on Wednesday ahead of a keenly-awaited policy decision from the Federal Reserve later in the day, while the yen was stuck near one-yea...
Oct 31, 2023
Indonesia president breaks ground on airport in new capital
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's President Joko Widodo on Wednesday broke ground on the construction of an airport in the country's new capital city, Nusantara. Jokowi, as the president is known, is th...
Oct 31, 2023
Japan, Philippines in final stages of talks on security aid - Japan govt spokesperson
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's top government spokesperson said on Wednesday that Japan is in the final stages of negotiations with the Philippines on what equipment to offer to Manila and when to sign an ...
Oct 31, 2023
Palestinian telcom: Communications, internet services completely cut off in Gaza
(Reuters) - Palestine Telecommunication Company, or Paltel, said on Wednesday in a post on messaging platform X that communications and internet services have been completely cut off in the Gaza Strip...
Oct 31, 2023
China's factory activity contracts in October - Caixin PMI
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory activity unexpectedly contracted in October, a private survey showed on Wednesday, raising questions over the state of the country's fragile economic recovery at th...
Oct 31, 2023
