Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Fed will be tested in 2021 as vaccines boost U.S. economic outlook
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - If 2020 was the year the Federal Reserve overhauled its game plan for supporting the U.S. economy, 2021 will be the year its new approach gets tested should a coronavirus vac...
Dec 15, 2020
Kabul's deputy governor killed in a blast in Afghanistan -official
KABUL (Reuters) - A bomb attack in Afghanistan's capital city killed the deputy governor of Kabul on Tuesday, security officials said, adding a sticky bomb was attached to his car by unknown assailant...
Dec 15, 2020
U.S. sanctions against Turkey 'contempt for international law', says Iran's Zarif
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday condemned U.S. sanctions against Turkey over Ankara's acquisition of Russian S-400 air defence systems as "contempt for intern...
Dec 14, 2020
New Zealand says willing to be arbitrator in Australia-China spat
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's new foreign minister said on Tuesday the country would be willing to help negotiate a truce between neighbouring Australia and regional heavyweigh...
Dec 14, 2020
Brazil says China 'not transparent' on COVID-19 vaccine emergency use
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's health regulator Anvisa said on Monday that China's health authorities are not transparent in authorizing emergency use of COVID-19 vaccines, a statement that may furthe...
Dec 14, 2020
Heavy rain forces evacuations in Australia, but conditions to ease soon
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's northeast coast was smashed by heavy rains, wild winds and huge seas for the fifth straight day on Tuesday, forcing widespread evacuations. As water levels continued to ...
Dec 14, 2020
Taiwan sees role as arms supplier for West as launches new warship
By Ann Wang SUAO, Taiwan (Reuters) - Taiwan may become a supplier of weapons to Western democracies, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday, praising the island's ramped up weapons-design ability as s...
Dec 14, 2020
Exclusive: China search giant Baidu considers making own electric vehicles - sources
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Baidu Inc is considering making its own electric vehicles and has held talks with automakers about the possibility, said three people with knowledge of the matter, the late...
Dec 14, 2020
Apple plans 30% increase in iPhone production for first half of 2021 - Nikkei
(Reuters) - Apple Inc plans to manufacture up to 96 million iPhones for the first half of 2021, a nearly 30% year-on-year increase, Nikkei reported https://s.nikkei.com/3mlVbPC on Tuesday. (Reporting ...
Dec 14, 2020
Half of Singapore's migrant workers in dormitories have had COVID-19
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Nearly half of Singapore's migrant workers residing in dormitories have had COVID-19, according to the government, indicating the virus spread much more widely among those living...
Dec 14, 2020
