Author Archives: Syndicated Content
South Korea says daily coronavirus cases may top 100, driven by imported infections
By Sangmi Cha and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean health authorities said novel coronavirus infections among people arriving from abroad could drive the number of new cases on Friday to more...
Jul 24, 2020
Benetton family investment firm to cut stake in Cellnex to 13%
MADRID (Reuters) - Edizione, the Benetton family's investment firm, will cut its stake in Europe's largest mobile phone towers operator Cellnex to 13% as part of a 4 billion euro ($4.6 billion) capita...
Jul 24, 2020
India, China set for more talks to de-escalate Himalayan standoff
By Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian and Chinese diplomats were set for more talks on Friday to narrow differences on ways to pull back troops eye-balling each other across a disputed borde...
Jul 24, 2020
Britain's COVID lending schemes risk widening regional divides
By Sinead Cruise and Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) - In the northern English seaside resort of Blackpool, the family-run Elgin Hotel is preparing to reopen in August after four months' enforced closur...
Jul 24, 2020
China's economy seen growing 2.2% in 2020, weak demand, U.S. tensions cloud outlook: Reuters poll
By Lusha Zhang and Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) - China's economy is expected to recover steadily in the rest of the year, boosted by stimulus measures to reverse the damage from the coronavirus crisis...
Jul 24, 2020
Water wars: Mekong River another front in U.S.-China rivalry
By Kay Johnson and Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) - The Mekong River has become a new front in U.S.-China rivalry, environmentalists and officials say, with Beijing overtaking Washington in both sp...
Jul 24, 2020
Twenty years on, Japan government's digital ambitions still stuck in piles of paper
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Two decades after Japan rolled out an ambitious plan to go digital, the COVID-19 crisis has exposed the government's deeply rooted technological shortcomings as ...
Jul 24, 2020
AstraZeneca's lung disease treatment gets FDA nod
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved AstraZeneca's drug to treat patients with a form of lung disease, the British drugmaker said on Friday. The drug Breztri Aerosphere is being ...
Jul 24, 2020
British Airways owner IAG extends partnership with American Express
(Reuters) - British Airways owner International Airlines Group on Friday said it had signed a multi-year renewal agreement with American Express , extending its worldwide commercial partnership with t...
Jul 24, 2020
On trial on riot charges, Hong Kong newlyweds prepared for life apart
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - For Valentine's Day this year, Henry Tong gave his wife, Elaine To, a photo book. It holds the memories of their life together: their first date six years ago, kis...
Jul 24, 2020
