Author Archives: Syndicated Content
S. Korea's central bank moves to develop pilot digital currency
By Cynthia Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's central bank on Monday said it will choose a technology supplier to build a pilot platform for a digital currency, moving a step closer to creating a cen...
May 23, 2021
Mexico reports lowest daily coronavirus death toll in over a year
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry on Sunday registered 50 new confirmed deaths from COVID-19, the lowest daily increase reported from the pandemic in over a year, according to governmen...
May 23, 2021
Australia's Victoria state investigates two likely COVID-19 positive cases
(Fixes headline) By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's second most populous state Victoria on Monday said it was investigating two suspected positive COVID-19 cases in Melbourne, which if confi...
May 23, 2021
Oil prices rise as storm forms in Gulf, doubts emerge on Iran deal
By Jessica Jaganathan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Monday as a storm formed in the Gulf of Mexico and Iran said a three-month nuclear monitoring deal had expired, raising doubts about the ...
May 23, 2021
Ousted Samoa PM refuses to cede power, despite election loss
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Samoa's Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi said on Monday he would remain in office, despite an order by the country's Supreme Court that lawmakers sit to appoint a new l...
May 23, 2021
Taiwan revokes Kinmen island mandate requiring COVID-19 tests
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's government on Monday nullified a decision by an island that sits close to China to mandate COVID-19 tests for all arrivals, rebuking it for not following the law even as au...
May 23, 2021
Crypto miners halt China business after Beijing's crackdown, bitcoin dives
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency mining operators, including a Huobi Mall and BTC.TOP, are suspending their China operations after Beijing stepped up its efforts to crack down on bitcoin mining and...
May 23, 2021
Chinese artist creates animals and mushroom-headed figures out of wool felt
BEIJING (Reuters) - Using a long needle, Chinese artist Yin Yue diligently pokes a piece of wool onto a pink-purple elephant made out of wool felt in her studio in Beijing. She stumbled onto wool felt...
May 23, 2021
Dollar near 3-month low, weighed by prospects of dovish Fed
By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar stood near its lowest level in three months against a resurgent euro, struggling for traction as investors pared earlier bets the U.S. Federal Reserve may...
May 23, 2021
No one's safe anymore: Japan's Osaka city crumples under COVID-19 onslaught
By Kiyoshi Takenaka OSAKA, Japan (Reuters) - Hospitals in Japan's second largest city of Osaka are buckling under a huge wave of new coronavirus infections, running out of beds and ventilators as exha...
May 23, 2021
