Author Archives: Syndicated Content
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Matter of potency World Health Organization experts and a range of other scientists refuted the claims of Professor Alberto Za...
Jun 02, 2020
Plunging cost of wind and solar marks turning point in energy transition: IRENA
By Matthew Green LONDON (Reuters) - Plunging costs of renewables mark a turning point in a global transition to low-carbon energy, with new solar or wind farms increasingly cheaper to build than runni...
Jun 02, 2020
Natgas flows to U.S. LNG export plants sink to 9-month low due to coronavirus
By Scott DiSavino NEW YORK (Reuters) - The amount of natural gas flowing on pipelines to U.S. liquefied natural gas export plants is at its lowest levels since August, a signal of weak worldwide deman...
Jun 02, 2020
Iranian professor acquitted of sanctions busting leaves U.S., Zarif says
DUBAI (Reuters) - An Iranian professor imprisoned in the United States after being acquitted of stealing trade secrets has left the country and is on his way back to Iran, Foreign Minister Mohammad Ja...
Jun 02, 2020
Thailand reports one new coronavirus case, one new death
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand confirmed one new coronavirus case and one additional death on Tuesday, a health ministry spokesman said. The new numbers brought the total number of cases in the Southeas...
Jun 01, 2020
Yemen pledging drive hopes to raise $2.4 billion to save aid ops as virus spreads
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Nations and Saudi Arabia host a pledging conference for war-ravaged Yemen on Tuesday to help raise some $2.4 billion as funding shortages imperil the world's biggest aid o...
Jun 01, 2020
Schools reopen as Singapore eases lockdown restrictions
By Edgar Su and Anshuman Daga SINGAPORE (Reuters) - With temperatures checked, masks fitted, and hand sanitizers at the ready, many Singapore children returned to school on Tuesday after a novel coron...
Jun 01, 2020
Australia's central bank holds cash rate at 0.25%
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's central bank left its cash rate at a record low of 0.25% on Tuesday and again committed to do what it could to support the economy through the coronavirus crisis. The Re...
Jun 01, 2020
Australia's Zip taps U.S. market with buyout of buy-now-pay-later peer
(Reuters) - Zip Co Ltd said on Tuesday it will buy out buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) firm QuadPay in a stock deal valuing the New York-based company at $269 million, as the Australian firm looks to tap the...
Jun 01, 2020
In nod to #MeToo, China codifies sexual harassment by law
By Huizhong Wu BEIJING (Reuters) - Two years ago, Zhou Xiaoxuan publicly accused one of China's most recognizable people of groping and forcibly kissing her, setting off a firestorm in a country that ...
Jun 01, 2020
