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Take Five: Bring out the central bank heavies
1/CENTRALLY FOCUSED Several central banking big-hitters meet in coming days, with the U.S. Federal Reserve's Sept. 21-22 meeting topping the must-watch list. The timing of the Fed's U.S. tapering plan...
Sep 17, 2021
China says trade pact application unrelated to new US, UK and Australia alliance
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday that China's application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is totally unrelated ...
Sep 17, 2021
Philippine cbank tempers outlook, cuts 2021 c/a surplus forecast
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine central bank on Friday revised its current account surplus projection for this year to $3.5 billion, or 0.9% of the gross domestic product, down substantially from a ...
Sep 17, 2021
Coronavirus compounds climate disasters but shows action can work – Red Cross
By Kanupriya Kapoor SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The coronavirus has made it harder for authorities to respond to disasters caused by extreme weather fuelled by climate change, with more severe storms, flood...
Sep 17, 2021
Albania votes in its first female dominated government
PRISTINA (Reuters) - Albania's parliament on Friday voted in the first cabinet to be dominated by women since the multi-party system was introduced 30 years ago. After a parliamentary session which la...
Sep 17, 2021
Indonesia warns against arms race after Australian nuclear sub pact
By Kate Lamb and Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia said on Friday it was worried about an arms race in the region after neighbouring Australia announced plans to acquire nuclear-pow...
Sep 17, 2021
China administered total of 2.166 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of Sept 16
BEIJING (Reuters) - China administered about 4.3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines on Sep 16, bringing the total number of doses administered to 2.166 billion, data from the National Health Commissio...
Sep 17, 2021
Any Kioxia-Western Digital deal should ensure equal hubs in Japan, U.S. – senior lawmaker
By Makiko Yamazaki, Kaori Kaneko and Ritsuko Shimizu TOKYO (Reuters) - Any merger of Japanese chipmaker Kioxia Holdings and U.S. rival Western Digital Corp should ensure critical operations are split ...
Sep 17, 2021
Britain mulls easing COVID-19 travel rules for England
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will on Friday consider easing England's COVID-19 rules for international travel after the travel industry complained that a myriad of onerous rules and red tape were hobbli...
Sep 17, 2021
Cricket-Former players back Rohit to replace Kohli as India’s T20 captain
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Opener Rohit Sharma has demonstrated his leadership qualities in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and is an obvious choice to succeed Virat Kohli as India's Twenty20 captain, acco...
Sep 17, 2021
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