Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Nepal's top court serves contempt notices to beleaguered PM Oli
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's Supreme Court has issued two contempt of court notices to caretaker Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, demanding he explain why he mocked lawyers challenging...
Jan 29, 2021
U.N. and Western embassies voice concerns amid Myanmar coup fears
By Poppy McPherson (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday he was following with "great concern" developments in Myanmar, where military threats and coup fears hav...
Jan 29, 2021
Biden and Xi may meet at Singapore's 'Davos' summit in May: WEF President
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - United States President Joe Biden and China President Xi Jinping may meet at the World Economic Forum's summit in Singapore in May, the organisation's president said on Friday. T...
Jan 29, 2021
Goldman Sachs raises MONETA stake 10.45% amid offer from PPF
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs has raised its holding in Czech MONETA Money Bank 10.45% from 3.22%, a regulatory filing with the Czech central bank showed. The increase comes after Czech investment ...
Jan 29, 2021
How do I look? SoftBank's Zozo offers tech specs to help buyers get skin tone right
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese online fashion retailer Zozo Inc on Friday launched skin tone measuring glasses for ordering cosmetics online, making its latest fashion tech offering as it ex...
Jan 29, 2021
From broker notes to memes: how the stock market went viral
By Colm Fulton Stockholm (Reuters) - "Stocks only go up", concludes a video montage of televangelists, dancing Ghanaian pallbearers, and Donald Trump's personal pastor repeatedly saying she can hear t...
Jan 29, 2021
No Plan B: Japan's sponsors shelve ads as mood sours over Olympics
By Maki Shiraki, Makiko Yamazaki, Eimi Yamamitsu and Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Olympic sponsors are scaling back advertising campaigns and delaying marketing events for this year's Summer ...
Jan 29, 2021
Scotland to publish vaccine supply data amid EU row with AstraZeneca
LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland will publish COVID-19 detailed vaccine supply data next week even though the British government has so far refused to do so amid a row between the European Union and drug c...
Jan 29, 2021
Hungary could sign Chinese vaccine deal imminently - PM Orban
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary could sign a deal to buy coronavirus vaccines from China by Saturday, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told state radio, adding that his government was closely monitoring the o...
Jan 29, 2021
Philippines extends partial coronavirus curbs in Manila
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines extended on Friday partial COVID-19 restrictions in the capital Manila until the end of February in a bid to slow a spike in infections after year-end holidays, offi...
Jan 29, 2021
