Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Expatriate New Zealanders seen boosting Ardern’s election bid
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - When recently returned New Zealander Lara Barclay talked to fellow Kiwi expatriates in Australia, it was her country's success in tackling coronavirus that came...
Thomson Reuters Sep 30, 2020
Families call for access to Hong Kong relatives detained in China
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - The relatives of 12 Hong Kong people arrested by China at sea last month called for access to their detained family members in a petition to the mainland's represe...
Thomson Reuters Sep 30, 2020
Australia's AMP says to simplify some services after job cuts report
(Reuters) - Australian financial planner AMP Ltd is centralising some business services in an effort to become "simpler", the company said on Wednesday, following a media report that it planned to cut...
Thomson Reuters Sep 30, 2020
Fact-checking U.S. economic claims in tumultuous Trump-Biden debate
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden battled over the economy - and everything else - at their first ever head-to-head debate on Tuesday. Trump said the...
Thomson Reuters Sep 30, 2020
Ally of Japan PM urges more fiscal, monetary stimulus to boost virus-hit economy
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan should keep selling government bonds to the central bank to pay for the cost of reflating the economy out of a pandemic-induced slump, an academic close to...
Thomson Reuters Sep 30, 2020
U.S. airlines strap in for bailout suspense a day before furloughs
By Tracy Rucinski and David Shepardson CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A day before mass furloughs, U.S. airline workers said they were gearing up for a full-court press to persuade Congress to pass a ...
Thomson Reuters Sep 30, 2020
Helen Reddy, singer of feminist anthem 'I Am Woman', dies at 78
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Singer Helen Reddy, whose 1972 song "I Am Woman" became a global feminist anthem, died in Los Angeles aged 78 on Tuesday, her family said. "Our hearts are broken. But we take comfor...
Thomson Reuters Sep 29, 2020
Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of coronavirus
(Reuters) - World Bank President David Malpass said he was seeking board approval for a $12 billion coronavirus vaccine financing plan to help poor and developing countries secure vaccine doses, as pa...
Thomson Reuters Sep 29, 2020
COVID-19 triggers shifts in traditions as South Korea celebrates thanksgiving
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Koreans will forego some of their most cherished traditions when they celebrate their thanksgiving holiday of Chuseok this week, as the coronavirus forces many ...
Thomson Reuters Sep 29, 2020
India's coronavirus infections surge to 6.23 million
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's coronavirus case tally surged to 6.23 million after it reported 80,472 new infections in the last 24 hours, data from the health ministry showed on Wednesday. Deaths from...
Thomson Reuters Sep 29, 2020
