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Japan to promote green finance with common platform, scenario analyses
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will ramp up efforts to promote sustainable finance such as by nurturing its green bond market and analysing financial institutions' resiliency to climate risks...
Aug 31, 2021
Britney Spears’ lawyer wants father out immediately as conservator
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The father of Britney Spears should step down immediately and without conditions from his role as conservator of her estate, the singer's lawyer said in court documents. Mathew...
Aug 31, 2021
New Zealand records more than 75 new cases of COVID-19 – report
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand has recorded more than 75 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, the New Zealand Herald reported without citing the source of its information. Health authorities are ex...
Aug 31, 2021
S.Korea’s factory activity growth slows as output shrinks for first time in 12 months
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's factory activity grew at a slower pace in August, as output contracted for the first time in 12 months and demand eased due to surging coronavirus infections across the...
Aug 31, 2021
Japanese PM Suga says dissolving lower house not possible now
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told reporters that he had no current plans to dissolve the country's lower house due to the severity of the coronavirus situation. The current...
Aug 31, 2021
Exclusive-U.S. Treasury issued new license to ease flow of aid in Afghanistan
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States last week issued a license authorizing it and its partners to continue to facilitate humanitarian aid in Afghanistan, a Treasury Departmen...
Aug 31, 2021
Japan’s Aug factory activity growth slows on resurgence of COVID-19 – PMI
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's factory activity expanded at a slower rate in August as a resurgence of coronavirus cases in Asia disrupted supply chains across the region, sinking overseas orders into cont...
Aug 31, 2021
Colombia court rejects charging former army commander over extrajudicial killings
By Luis Jaime Acosta and Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA (Reuters) - A court in Colombia has rejected a move by the attorney general's office to bring charges against a former army commander for his alleged r...
Aug 31, 2021
Australia’s housing boom defies Delta, boasts best year since 1989
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian home prices rose at the fastest annual pace since 1989 in August as coronavirus lockdowns weighed more on supply than demand, though months of blistering ga...
Aug 31, 2021
Japan finds another Moderna vial suspected to contain foreign substance
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Kanagawa prefecture said it has found another vial of Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine suspected of containing a foreign substance and has put the rest of the lot on hold. In a...
Aug 31, 2021
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