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Taiwan says will show firm determination to defend itself
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's position remains the same, which is it will neither give in to pressure nor "rashly advance" when it gets support, the presidential office said on Friday, after U.S. Presid...
Oct 21, 2021
SkyWest cancels 700 U.S. flights over technical issue
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regional air carrier SkyWest Airlines said Thursday it canceled about 700 flights because of an internal technical issue that was resolved late Thursday. A spokeswoman for ...
Oct 21, 2021
Pandemic opens doors to switch jobs in Japan, but pay not rising much
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic has unexpectedly helped Japan's nursing homes and information technology (IT) companies overcome years of labour shortages, as job cuts at ...
Oct 21, 2021
Tennis-Murray bemoans ‘poor attitude’ in Antwerp exit
(Reuters) - Former world number one Andy Murray said he showed a poor attitude and did not make the right decisions in Thursday's second-round exit at the European Open in Antwerp, Belgium. Murray, cu...
Oct 21, 2021
Australia’s central bank tells Buy Now Pay Later firms to drop surcharge ban
By Paulina Duran SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's central bank on Friday said that buy now, pay later (BNPL) firms will no longer be able to prohibit merchants from passing-on surcharges for their servi...
Oct 21, 2021
U.S. says firms may meet chip data request amid Taiwan, South Korea concerns
(Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department said on Thursday it had received indications from companies such as Intel and Infineon that they would cooperate with a voluntary request for data on the chips...
Oct 21, 2021
Alec Baldwin fires gun on movie set, killing cinematographer, authorities say
(Reuters) - Actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on a movie set in New Mexico on Thursday, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza, authorities said. The incident occur...
Oct 21, 2021
China’s land sales slump for second month as developers stay away
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's government land sales slumped for a second month as demand from private developers further softened following tighter regulations on fresh borrowing, adding pressure on loc...
Oct 21, 2021
Asian tech shares jump, China property stocks rally as Evergrande makes payment
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - Tech stocks climbed in Asia on Friday, following U.S. peers higher, while Chinese property stocks rallied following a surprise interest payment https://www.reuters....
Oct 21, 2021
Tencent’s WeChat makes content searchable on Google and Bing
BEIJING (Reuters) - Tencent's WeChat has made its content searchable on some foreign search engines such as Google, and Microsoft's Bing, according to Reuters checks. WeChat's content, including artic...
Oct 21, 2021
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