Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Solar boom, pandemic curbs drive Australia's carbon emissions down 5%
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's greenhouse gas emissions fell 5.3% in the year to March 2021 as coronavirus lockdowns reduced transportation exhaust and increases in solar and wind po...
Thomson Reuters Aug 30, 2021
Florida withholds funds from two school districts over mask mandates
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - The Florida Department of Education said on Monday it has withheld funds from two school districts that made masks mandatory in classrooms this fall. "Commissioner of Edu...
Thomson Reuters Aug 30, 2021
China culture crackdown a sign of 'profound' political change - commentary
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's crackdown on celebrity culture and its moves to rein in giant internet firms are a sign of "profound" political changes under way in the country, a prominent blogger said ...
Thomson Reuters Aug 30, 2021
Thinking out of the box: Japanese artist makes life-like cardboard sculptures
By Joseph Campbell TOKYO (Reuters) - Using a long pair of tweezers, Monami Ohno delicately places tiny cardboard "scales" on the legs of her sculpture of Godzilla, the giant reptile from the classic J...
Thomson Reuters Aug 30, 2021
China's factory activity expands at slower pace in August, services contract
BEIJING (Reuters) -China's factory activity expanded at a slower pace in August, while the services sector slumped into contraction, as coronavirus-related restrictions and high raw material prices pr...
Thomson Reuters Aug 30, 2021
'I need help': Louisiana man rides out Storm Ida in destroyed home
By Adrees Latif HOUMA, La. (Reuters) - "Right now, I've got nothing." Sitting on his front porch, 70-year-old Theophilus Charles was still visibly in shock as he described Sunday night when Ida, one o...
Thomson Reuters Aug 30, 2021
India's economy likely rebounded in April-June amid pandemic risks
By Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's economy likely rebounded in the April-June quarter from a deep slump last year helped by improved manufacturing and in spite of a devastating second wave o...
Thomson Reuters Aug 30, 2021
Dollar near 2-week low as investors look to U.S. jobs data
By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar hovered near two-week lows against a basket of currencies on Tuesday with trade seen driven by month-end flows as investors looked ahead to U.S. jobs figu...
Thomson Reuters Aug 30, 2021
U.S. climate envoy Kerry to visit China and Japan this week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. climate envoy John Kerry will travel to China and Japan this week "to engage with international counterparts on efforts to address the climate crisis," the State Department...
Thomson Reuters Aug 30, 2021
Japan's July factory output falls as COVID-19 disruptions hit
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's industrial output shrank in July as car production took a hit from a coronavirus resurgence in Asia that has cast doubt over the recovery in the world's th...
Thomson Reuters Aug 30, 2021
