Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Thailand reports no new coronavirus cases, no new deaths
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Friday reported no new coronavirus infections or deaths, maintaining the total of 3,037 confirmed cases and 56 fatalities since the outbreak started in January. There a...
May 22, 2020
Why bond investors are willing to bet on money-losing Pemex after oil price crash
By Stefanie Eschenbacher and Rodrigo Campos MEXICO CITY/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mexico's state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos has seen investor sentiment improve in recent weeks despite sky-high d...
May 22, 2020
As big cats go hungry, Indonesia zoo considers 'worst-case' deer cull
By Wahyuwidi Cinthya and Johan Purnomo BANDUNG, Indonesia (Reuters) - A zoo in Indonesia may slaughter some of its animals to feed others, such as a Sumatran tiger and a Javan leopard, if it runs out ...
May 22, 2020
China to draft food security plan amid global coronavirus epidemic
By Hallie Gu and Tom Daly BEIJING (Reuters) - China will draft and carry out in 2020 a response plan for ensuring food security amid the global coronavirus pandemic, the country's state planner said o...
May 21, 2020
How South Korea turned an urban planning system into a virus tracking database
By Hyonhee Shin, Hyunjoo Jin and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - When a man in Seoul tested positive for the new coronavirus in May, South Korean authorities were able to confirm his wide-ranging movemen...
May 21, 2020
North Korea's Kim keeps low public profile in May: analysts
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has made an unusually small number of public appearances in the past two months, once again going three weeks without state media report...
May 21, 2020
Philippine lawmaker proposes tax targeting tech giants to fund virus fight
MANILA (Reuters) - A Philippine lawmaker has introduced a bill in parliament aimed at taxing big tech firms such as Facebook, Alphabet's Google and Youtube, Netflix and Spotify, to raise funds to batt...
May 21, 2020
New Zealand opposition leader ousted as PM Ardern's popularity soars
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The leader of New Zealand's main opposition party was ousted on Friday after opinion polls showed he was no match for the soaring popularity of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern as ...
May 21, 2020
Australian police seize 'ice' hidden in hand sanitiser bottles
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian police have seized about two kilograms of crystal meth or 'ice', that drug smugglers had hidden in boxes of face masks and hand sanitiser bottles sent from Canada. An ins...
May 21, 2020
Guatemala president scolds U.S. for deporting migrants with coronavirus
By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei criticized the United States on Thursday for sending back migrants infected with the novel coronavirus to his Centr...
May 21, 2020
