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Singapore prepares for long term life – and death – with COVID-19
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - With just a few dozen COVID-19 deaths and one of the world's highest vaccination rates, Singapore wants to reopen for business - and is laying the groundwork to live with the cor...
Syndicated Content Aug 17, 2021
Chubu Elec confirms smoke at Hamaoka nuclear plant; says no radiation leak
TOKYO (Reuters) - Chubu Electric Power Co Inc said fire alarms were triggered and a worker saw smoke early on Tuesday in the turbine building of the suspended No. 5 unit at its Hamaoka nuclear power p...
Syndicated Content Aug 17, 2021
Seoul mates: Korea retail investors are bankers’ best buddies amid record IPO fees
By Scott Murdoch and Joyce Lee HONG KONG/SEOUL (Reuters) - Investment banks in South Korea have pocketed record fees from equity underwriting this year thanks to a boom in initial public offerings (IP...
Syndicated Content Aug 17, 2021
Japan closes embassy in Afghanistan
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has closed its embassy in Kabul due to the worsening security situation in Afghanistan and the last remaining twelve embassy personnel had left the country, the Foreign Ministr...
Syndicated Content Aug 17, 2021
BHP to sell oil and gas business to Woodside
(Reuters) - BHP Group said on Tuesday it will sell its petroleum assets to Woodside Petroleum in an all-stock deal as the world's biggest listed miner posted its best annual profit in nearly a decade....
Syndicated Content Aug 17, 2021
Poland says will dismantle disciplinary chamber for judges
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland will dismantle a judges' disciplinary chamber as part of wider judiciary reforms in coming months, the government said on Tuesday after the Court of Justice of the European U...
Syndicated Content Aug 17, 2021
Marketmind: Shopping in the USA
A look at the day ahead from Dhara Ranasinghe. U.S. July retail sales data later on Tuesday could take on added significance after last week's University of Michigan survey showed consumer sentiment s...
Syndicated Content Aug 17, 2021
New Zealand’s Ardern orders nationwide lockdown over one COVID-19 case
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a nationwide lockdown on Tuesday after a new case of COVID-19 was discovered in the biggest city of Auckland. The lockdown wi...
Syndicated Content Aug 17, 2021
Britain tells Taliban: Militants must never attack West from Afghanistan
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain cautioned the Taliban on Tuesday that Afghanistan must never be used to launch terror attacks but added that the West must try to positively influence the insurgents who have...
Syndicated Content Aug 17, 2021
BT names Crozier as next chairman
LONDON (Reuters) - BT named Adam Crozier as its next chairman on Tuesday, saying the experienced operator would take over the roll on December 1 to see the group through one of the most important peri...
Syndicated Content Aug 17, 2021
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