Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Airlines face headache over 'use-by' date on some jet parts as pandemic grounds fleets
By Jamie Freed (Reuters) - Airlines with planes idled by the pandemic are cutting costs by delaying some maintenance tasks like changing life vests, testing oxygen bottles and checking emergency exits...
Mar 16, 2021
Japan temporarily sets higher tariffs on U.S. beef imports
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is temporarily raising tariffs on U.S. beef imports as volumes have exceeded levels agreed to between the two nations for the fiscal year ending on March 31, Japan's agricultur...
Mar 16, 2021
China's BYD hires engineers for Europe EV battery plant
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD is hiring engineers for its first overseas battery plant in Europe, the company backed by Warren Buffett said on Wednesday, as it pushes to ...
Mar 16, 2021
U.S. agency criticizes Hong Kong air carrier quarantine rules
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) warned it could limit flights by carriers based in Hong Kong after the Asian financial hub imposed quarantine rule...
Mar 16, 2021
Oil dips on demand worries despite surprise drop in U.S. crude stocks
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil prices slipped for a fourth day on Wednesday on worries about rocky demand in Europe, even as hopes of a recovery in U.S. refinery activity were boosted by ind...
Mar 16, 2021
Japanese court rules same-sex couples not being able to marry is 'unconstitutional': Kyodo
TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese district court on Wednesday ruled that same-sex couples not being able to marry is "unconstitutional," Kyodo news agency reported, though it threw out the plaintiffs' dema...
Mar 16, 2021
Japan households amass record financial assets as COVID-19 crimps spending
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese households' financial assets hit a fresh record near 2 quadrillion yen last year, half of which was in cash and bank deposits, in a sign the coronavirus pandemic encouraged ...
Mar 16, 2021
Blinken says China is acting aggressively and repressively
TOKYO (Reuters) - United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken told a roundtable of Japanese journalists on Wednesday that China is acting more aggressively and repressively, including in the East ...
Mar 16, 2021
Munching maggots help Singapore startup secure lucrative biomaterial
By Lee Ying Shan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - In a quiet, mainly residential district of Singapore, trays of writhing black soldier fly larvae munch their way through hundreds of kilograms of food waste a da...
Mar 16, 2021
Canada asks court to dismiss two of Huawei CFO Meng's arguments in extradition case
By Moira Warburton VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Canada has called for two of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou's main arguments in her fight against U.S. extradition to be dismissed, saying her cla...
Mar 16, 2021
