Category Archives:
Toyota, Honda temporarily halt production in Malaysia due to COVID-19 lockdown
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese carmakers Toyota Motor Corp and Honda Motor Co have temporarily suspended production at their factories in Malaysia due to a nationwide coronavirus lockdown, the companies s...
May 31, 2021
Athletics: Florida teen Knighton tops Bolt’s age group mark
(Reuters) - Florida teenager Erriyon Knighton toppled Usain Bolt's 200m mark for athletes under 18 at an American Track League meeting on Monday, while world champion Grant Holloway dominated a qualit...
May 31, 2021
Japan Finance Minister: don’t expect specific tax rates to be debated at G7
TOKYO (Reuters) - Finance leaders from the Group of Seven rich countries have narrowed their difference of opinions over global taxation but they are unlikely to debate specific figures on minimum tax...
May 31, 2021
Australia’s home prices surge, adding challenges for dovish RBA
By Swati Pandey SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian home prices surged in May while approvals to build new houses reached record highs, helped by super-low rates, adding yet another challenge for the countr...
May 31, 2021
Fellow athletes rally around Osaka after French Open withdrawal
PARIS (Reuters) - Leading figures in tennis and sport have rallied to support Naomi Osaka after the women's world number two withdrew from the French Open in a row about post-match media duties, sayin...
May 31, 2021
Asian stocks at month high ahead of U.S. jobs data, gold rises
By Anshuman Daga SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stock markets rose on Tuesday while gold flirted near five-month highs ahead of European and U.S. data this week that will likely offer clues on the health...
May 31, 2021
MLB roundup: Astros pound Red Sox in series opener
Jose Urquidy delivered an exceptional outing in his return from the injured list while Kyle Tucker capped a productive month with another multi-hit and multi-RBI effort as the Houston Astros won the o...
May 31, 2021
Asia’s factories sustain expansion, supply chain woes cloud outlook
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Asia's factory activity continued to expand in May thanks to an ongoing recovery in global demand, surveys showed on Tuesday, though rising raw material costs and sup...
May 31, 2021
Japan’s capital spending extends declines as firms tighten purse strings
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese companies cut spending on plant and equipment for the fourth straight quarter in January-March, as the economy struggles to shake off the drag from the co...
May 31, 2021
“Australia’s Greta Thunberg” steps up climate change activism
By Jill Gralow and Cordelia Hsu SYDNEY (Reuters) - Leading thousands of protest marchers through central Sydney and joining a landmark class action lawsuit aren't the usual activities for most 14-year...
May 31, 2021
Peoria, IL, USA
42 °F Sunny
