Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China's second-quarter GDP grows 3.2% year-on-year, beats expectations
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's economy grew 3.2% in the second-quarter from a year earlier, data showed on Thursday, recovering from a record contraction as lockdown measures ended and policymakers stepp...
Jul 15, 2020
China's long-term economic growth fundamentals will not change: President Xi
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping said China's long-term sound economic growth fundamentals will not change, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday as China reported bette...
Jul 15, 2020
NASCAR hosts largest sporting event crowd since pandemic
By: Jenna Fryer BRISTOL, Tenn. - Clint Bowyer hopped off his pit stand at Bristol Motor Speedway to learn he'd won the fan vote to advance into NASCAR's All-Star race - an announcement met by a roar f...
Jul 15, 2020
California Resources files for bankruptcy protection
(Reuters) - California Resources Corp filed for Chapter 11 on Wednesday after defaulting on interest payments, becoming the latest U.S. energy major to seek bankruptcy protection in recent years follo...
Jul 15, 2020
Beijing's top Hong Kong office slams U.S. sanctions as 'gangster logic and bullying'
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's top representative office in Hong Kong condemned what it called gross interference by the United States in the Asian financial hub, labelling President Donald Trump's mov...
Jul 15, 2020
Australia June unemployment jumps to highest since late 1990s
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's unemployment rate jumped to a level last seen in the late 1990s, even though jobs grew by far more than expected as more people went looking for work, official data for ...
Jul 15, 2020
Australia's Victoria reports two COVID-19 deaths, record daily rise in infections
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's second-most populous state of Victoria said on Thursday two men in their 80s died overnight from the coronavirus, as the state logged a record daily rise in new infectio...
Jul 15, 2020
China OKs human test for coronavirus vaccine candidate based on BioNTech's technology, says Fosun
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has given the green light to an early-stage human test for a coronavirus vaccine candidate using German firm BioNTech's technology, its local partner said on Thursday. A unit...
Jul 15, 2020
Australia to spend further $1.1 billion on wage subsidies amid coronavirus
By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian government plans to spend A$1.5 billion ($1.1 billion) to substantially extend a program to subsidise the wages of apprentices, its latest support me...
Jul 15, 2020
China reports one new coronavirus case in mainland, none in Beijing
BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported one new confirmed COVID-19 case for the mainland as of the end of July 15, down from six a day earlier, the country's national health authority said on Thursday. The...
Jul 15, 2020
