Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes off western Philippines; tremors felt in capital
MANILA, Aug 7 (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck off Occidental Mindoro province in the western Philippines on Friday, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (P...
Aug 06, 2026
DOJ says man charged in Philadelphia mosque fire targeted it because it was a mosque
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday a man charged in connection to a mid-July fire at the Northeast Philadelphia Islamic Center had targeted...
Aug 06, 2026
AI demand keeps China's export engine humming, but risks loom
By Yukun Zhang and Ryan Woo BEIJING, Aug 7 (Reuters) - China's exports beat expectations in July, remaining a key driver of economic growth as the global AI infrastructure boom fuelled demand for high...
Aug 06, 2026
Firmus nearly doubles valuation to over $10.5 billion in Nvidia-backed fundraise
By Nichiket Sunil and Kumar Tanishk Aug 7 (Reuters) - Firmus said on Friday it had raised $2 billion in equity in its latest funding round to speed up the build-out of AI factories in Australia and As...
Aug 06, 2026
Philippine economy posts slowest growth in five years in second quarter
By Mikhail Flores and Nestor Corrales MANILA, Aug 7 (Reuters) - The Philippine economy grew at its weakest annual pace since 2021 in the second quarter due to a slump in construction and softer domest...
Aug 06, 2026
Stocks, dollar stall ahead of US jobs data; oil gains as Gulf tensions flare
By Amanda Cooper LONDON, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Global stocks headed for their strongest weekly gain since May on Friday, ahead of major U.S. jobs data, as investor optimism over robust earnings growth and...
Aug 06, 2026
Philippines Q2 GDP at 2.3% yr/yr, slower than expected
MANILA, Aug 7 (Reuters) - The Philippine economy grew 2.3% in the second quarter from a year earlier, the statistics agency said on Friday, slower than expected. Economists in a Reuters poll had expec...
Aug 06, 2026
Dollar set for weekly gain as traders eye Iran talks, US jobs data
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO, Aug 7 (Reuters) - The dollar headed for a weekly gain against major peers on Friday as doubts about an Iran peace deal buoyed the U.S. currency's safe-haven appeal. The greenb...
Aug 06, 2026
Solomon Islands looks to bring traditional partners U.S., Australia in from the cold
By Lucy Craymer SUVA, Fiji, Aug 7 (Reuters) - The Solomon Islands is repairing ties with traditional partners including the U.S. and Australia while maintaining its "friends to all and enemy to none" ...
Aug 06, 2026
Japan orders evacuations as Typhoon Dolphin approaches, cancels 500 flights
TOKYO, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of people in southwestern Japan were ordered to evacuate and more than 500 flights cancelled on Friday as slow-moving Typhoon Dolphin approached the regi...
Aug 06, 2026
