Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Taiwan says it can't afford new U.S. anti-submarine helicopters
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan signalled on Thursday that it had abandoned a plan to buy advanced new anti-submarine warfare helicopters from the United States, saying they were too expensive. Taiwan had e...
May 04, 2022
Omicron as severe as previous COVID variants, large study finds
(Reuters) - The Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV2 virus is intrinsically as severe as previous variants, unlike assumptions made in previous studies that it was more transmissible but less severe, a la...
May 04, 2022
Mexican foreign minister tests negative for COVID after meeting U.S.'s Blinken
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard will continue with plans to visit Central America and the Caribbean, he said on Wednesday, following a negative COVID-19 test after a mee...
May 04, 2022
Sri Lankan tea pickers' dreams shattered by economic crisis
By Alasdair Pal and Uditha Jayasinghe BOGAWANTALAWA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - On a lush plantation in Sri Lanka, Arulappan Ideijody deftly plucks the tips of each tea bush, throwing them over her shoulde...
May 04, 2022
Internet providers end challenge to California net neutrality law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. broadband industry ended late on Wednesday its legal challenge to California's landmark net neutrality law, which seeks to protect the open internet. A group of industr...
May 04, 2022
China's services activity falls at second sharpest rate on record - Caixin PMI
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's services sector activity contracted at the second-steepest rate on record in April, as COVID curbs halted the industry, leading to sharper reductions in new business and em...
May 04, 2022
Over 80 firms including China's JD.com added to U.S. SEC list facing delisting risk
(Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission added over 80 firms to its list of entities facing possible expulsion from American exchanges, which include China's JD.com, Pinduoduo Inc, Bili...
May 04, 2022
China reports 5,113 new COVID cases on May 4 vs 5,498 a day earlier
BEIJING (Reuters) - Mainland China reported 5,113 new coronavirus cases on May 4, of which 373 were symptomatic and 4,740 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Thursday. That compa...
May 04, 2022
Dollar recoils as Fed douses hawkish bets
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar was nursing its sharpest fall in more than a month on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points bu...
May 04, 2022
Basketball-Chicago Sky eye tall task of WNBA title defense
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) - The Chicago Sky are aiming for even loftier heights in their title defense as the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) kicks off a new season on Friday. The Sky sn...
May 04, 2022
