Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan may intervene to arrest yen rise but only once, says former currency tsar
By Leika Kihara and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan may intervene in the foreign exchange market to prevent the yen from rising above 100 to the dollar, but just once given the difficulty o...
Thomson Reuters Dec 24, 2020
Olympics: Domestic sponsors agree to extend contracts for delayed Tokyo games
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo 2020 organisers said on Thursday that all 68 domestic sponsors for the Summer Olympics agreed in principle to extend their contracts for the delayed games. The Tokyo Olympics h...
Thomson Reuters Dec 24, 2020
Anti-Myanmar hate speech flares in Thailand over virus
By Panarat Thepgumpanat, Shoon Naing and Matthew Tostevin BANGKOK (Reuters) - "Wherever you see Myanmar people, shoot them down," read one Thai comment on YouTube after a surge of coronavirus cases am...
Thomson Reuters Dec 24, 2020
Ukraine coronavirus cases rise past one million
KYIV (Reuters) - A total of 1.001 million coronavirus cases has been registered in Ukraine as of Dec. 24, with 17,395 deaths and 631,435 people recovered, Ukrainian health minister Maksym Stepanov sai...
Thomson Reuters Dec 24, 2020
Iran foreign minister dismisses Trump's tweet that Tehran behind attack on U.S. Embassy in Baghdad
(Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister on Thursday dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump's allegations that Iran was behind the recent rocket attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. "Putting your own citi...
Thomson Reuters Dec 24, 2020
Thailand confirms 67 new coronavirus infections
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand confirmed 67 new coronavirus infections on Thursday, of which nine were imported from overseas, the public health ministry said. All but three of the 58 locally transmitte...
Thomson Reuters Dec 23, 2020
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Singapore confirms first case of new coronavirus variant Singapore confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus variant fou...
Thomson Reuters Dec 23, 2020
Kuroda says BOJ ready to take steps to make stimulus more sustainable
TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Thursday the central bank is ready to take new steps to make its massive stimulus programme more effective and sustainable in an upcomi...
Thomson Reuters Dec 23, 2020
Nigeria school abductions sparked by cattle feuds, not extremism, officials say
By Alexis Akwagyiram LAGOS (Reuters) - The kidnap of 344 schoolboys in northwest Nigeria had the appearance of an Islamist militant attack. There was even a video purporting to show some of the boys w...
Thomson Reuters Dec 23, 2020
Frightening drive through South Dakota blizzard caught on camera
(Reuters) - A video taken by a meteorologist in South Dakota and posted to social media on Wednesday shows twenty seconds of a frightening drive through a heavy blizzard. A thick grey fills the view i...
Thomson Reuters Dec 23, 2020
Sun Jun 21
Fargo, ND, USA
Partly Cloudy. Wind 16 mph E. Pressure 30 inHg. Visibility 10 mi.
Last Updated: 12:55 PM (Time Zone: America/North_Dakota/Beulah)
