Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pandemic throws Asia's services firms, factories into deeper decline
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic battered Asian economies in April with social-distancing policies and business closures taking a particularly heavy toll on the region's serv...
Apr 22, 2020
Oil rises for second day as producers trim output to respond to demand loss
TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil extended gains on Thursday amid signs that producers are cutting production to cope with a collapse in demand for fuel as the coronavirus outbreak ravages the world's economies. ...
Apr 22, 2020
Australia says all WHO members should participate in a coronavirus inquiry
SYDNEY (Reuters) - All members of the World Health Organization (WHO) should cooperate with a proposed independent review into the spread of coronavirus, Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison said...
Apr 22, 2020
Australian goods exports jump 29% in March: ABS
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's goods exports rose sharply in March as the resource-rich country shipped more iron ore to China and more gold to Hong Kong and the UK, preliminary data on Thursday showe...
Apr 22, 2020
Pastor helps keep Singapore's migrant workers fed during COVID-19 lockdown
By Joseph Campbell SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Pastor Samuel Gift Stephen spends his days trying to ensure migrant workers in Singapore, confined to cramped dormitories due to an outbreak of coronavirus, al...
Apr 22, 2020
Italian cruise ship docked in Japan has 14 more coronavirus cases: NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) - Fourteen more cases of coronavirus infections have been confirmed on an Italian cruise ship docked for repairs at Japan's Nagasaki prefecture, bringing the total to at least 48, publ...
Apr 22, 2020
Dollar edges higher against oil currencies as energy markets shaken
By Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar pushed ahead against the currencies of oil producers on Thursday as a rebound in crude prices from an unprecedented collapse only partially calmed markets...
Apr 22, 2020
Australia calls on G20 nations to end wet wildlife markets over coronavirus concerns
By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia has called on G20 nations to end wet wildlife markets over concerns they pose a threat to human health and agricultural markets, a move which could furthe...
Apr 22, 2020
Britain suffering worst peacetime downturn ever; recovery may falter: Reuters poll
By Jonathan Cable LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is in the midst of its deepest downturn in peacetime as the coronavirus pandemic wreaks havoc on the economy, a Reuters poll of economists found, while an ...
Apr 22, 2020
Three negatives and a positive: problems with coronavirus tests in China
By Brenda Goh WUHAN, China (Reuters) - Trader He Ximing in the Chinese city of Wuhan says he has no idea how or where he caught the coronavirus or why repeated nucleic acid tests showed he didn't have...
Apr 22, 2020
