Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan fears COVID-19 variants are behind possible fourth wave
By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese health authorities are concerned that variants of the coronavirus are driving a nascent fourth wave in the pandemic with just 109 days remaining until the Tok...
Apr 05, 2021
East Timor receives first batch of COVID-19 vaccines to begin inoculation drive this week
DILI (Reuters) - East Timor received its first batch of coronavirus vaccine on Monday, arranged by the global vaccine sharing scheme COVAX, the European Union, which backs the initiative said, as the ...
Apr 05, 2021
Global money market funds obtain highest inflows in 14 weeks - Lipper
(Reuters) - Investments into money market funds surged to the highest this year in the week ended March 31, as investors favoured safety amid a fall in bond prices and fresh lockdowns in Europe, with ...
Apr 05, 2021
Exclusive: South Korea steel giant POSCO weighs how to exit Myanmar military-backed venture - sources
By Cynthia Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - Giant South Korea steelmaker POSCO has begun reviewing how it might end a joint venture with a firm controlled by the military in Myanmar in the wake of the coup there...
Apr 05, 2021
Russia reports 8,646 new COVID-19 cases, 343 deaths
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Monday reported 8,646 new COVID-19 cases, including 1,876 in Moscow, taking the official national tally to 4,589,540. The government coronavirus taskforce said 343 people ...
Apr 05, 2021
Turkey inflation above 16% in test for new central bank chief
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's annual inflation climbed above 16% in March for the first time since mid-2019, data showed on Monday, piling pressure on new central bank governor Sahap Kavcioglu to main...
Apr 05, 2021
Earthquake of magnitude 5.8 strikes North Island, New Zealand - EMSC
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck the eastern coast of North Island in New Zealand on Monday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 3...
Apr 05, 2021
Greece pledges more support for businesses as shops reopen
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece will provide more financial aid to businesses hit by coronavirus restrictions in April, the finance minister said on Monday, as shops reopened despite surging case numbers th...
Apr 05, 2021
Greensill Bank customers get $3 billion in deposit protection scheme
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's banking private banking association said on Monday that it had paid out around 2.7 billion euros ($3.17 billion) to more than 20,500 Greensill Bank customers as part of...
Apr 05, 2021
Jordan's Prince Hamza says in voice recording will disobey army orders to keep silent
AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan's estranged Prince Hamza said in a voice recording released on Monday that he would disobey orders by the army to not communicate with outside world after he was put under hou...
Apr 05, 2021
