Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russia rebukes Facebook for blocking some media posts
By Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber and Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia accused Facebook on Monday of violating citizens' rights by blocking some media outlets' content in the latest standoff bet...
Thomson Reuters Mar 08, 2021
Thailand to cut quarantine for vaccinated foreigners to 7 days from April
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will reduce mandatory quarantine from 14 to seven days starting April for foreigners arriving in the country who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus, Health Minis...
Thomson Reuters Mar 08, 2021
Panasonic to buy U.S. software firm Blue Yonder for $6.5 billion, says Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) - Panasonic Corp will buy U.S. software firm Blue Yonder for 700 billion yen ($6.45 billion), the Nikkei reported on Monday, saying it was the Japanese electronics firm's biggest acqui...
Thomson Reuters Mar 08, 2021
Price and policy fears drive Chinese investors into cloistered stocks
By Samuel Shen and Andrew Galbraith SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Worries about the frothiness of China's stock market and steps authorities might take to rein it in are forcing investors out of popular techno...
Thomson Reuters Mar 08, 2021
Two-thirds of tropical rainforest destroyed or degraded globally, NGO says
By Jake Spring BRASILIA (Reuters) - Humans have degraded or destroyed roughly two-thirds of the world's original tropical rainforest cover, new data reveals - raising alarm that a key natural buffer a...
Thomson Reuters Mar 08, 2021
Australians condemn violence against women as they celebrate International Women's Day
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Hundreds of mostly female workers gathered outside government buildings in Sydney to condemn violence against women and call for greater gender equality in workplaces, amid growing ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 08, 2021
Hong Kong expands vaccine programme to teachers, taxi drivers
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's top officials said on Monday that the city's vaccine programme would be expanded to include more priority groups including teachers and delivery workers, as fears gro...
Thomson Reuters Mar 08, 2021
Oil, travel stocks boost European shares
(Reuters) - European shares rose on Monday, catching up with a late Friday rally on Wall Street, while oil majors like Royal Dutch Shell and BP jumped as crude prices were boosted by reports of attack...
Thomson Reuters Mar 08, 2021
East Timor imposes first coronavirus lockdown over outbreak fears
By Nelson Da Cruz and Kate Lamb DILI (Reuters) - The tiny Southeast Asian nation of East Timor will put its capital city on a coronavirus lockdown for the first time, its government said on Monday, am...
Thomson Reuters Mar 08, 2021
India seeks funds from Quad alliance to match China's vaccine push: source
By Rupam Jain and David Brunnstrom NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - India has urged the United States, Japan and Australia to invest in its vaccine production capacity, an Indian government source tol...
Thomson Reuters Mar 08, 2021
