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Caseloads climb as Southeast Asia feels force of Delta variant
By Martin Petty and Stanley Widianto (Reuters) - Having escaped the worst when the coronavirus pandemic erupted last year, Southeast Asia is now suffering record rises in deaths and cases, while vacci...
Jul 08, 2021
NBA-Suns beat Bucks to take 2-0 Finals lead
(Reuters) - The Phoenix Suns took a 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals by beating Milwaukee 118-108 on Thursday, overcoming a 42-point effort from the Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo. Devin Booker led the way fo...
Jul 08, 2021
Double whammy for food buyers as freight costs spike amid high grain prices
By Naveen Thukral and Gavin Maguire SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Rising costs to ship crops globally are adding to concerns about food inflation that are already at decade-highs and hitting cost-sensitive co...
Jul 08, 2021
Fire at Bangladesh juice factory kills three, many feared trapped
DHAKA (Reuters) - At least three people have been killed, 20 others injured and many are feared trapped after a massive fire raged through a factory in Bangladesh, officials said on Friday. The cause ...
Jul 08, 2021
IMF board backs $650 billion reserves distribution, targets end-August completion
By David Lawder VENICE, Italy (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Friday its executive board has backed a $650 billion allocation of IMF Special Drawing Rights, advancing the distribut...
Jul 08, 2021
China’s factory gate inflation slows, outlook dimmed by still-elevated prices
By Stella Qiu and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory gate inflation eased in June after a government crackdown on runaway commodity prices, but the annual rate stayed uncomfortably high and ...
Jul 08, 2021
Five years after South China Sea ruling, China’s presence around Philippines only growing
By Karen Lema CATO, Philippines (Reuters) - Filipino fisherman Randy Megu has often braved the storms that spring up in the South China Sea, but these days he has a greater fear: seeing a Chinese mari...
Jul 08, 2021
Indonesia’s Bukalapak kicks off $1.1 billion IPO, biggest in over a decade
By Anshuman Daga SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Indonesia's Bukalapak launched an up to $1.13 billion IPO ahead of next month's listing, marking the country's biggest issue in over a decade amid rising investo...
Jul 08, 2021
New video surfaces of Mexican president’s brother taking stacks of cash
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Mexican news outlet broadcast video on Thursday of a brother of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador receiving stacks of cash several years ago, just ahead of a national vot...
Jul 08, 2021
Olympics-Tokyo Olympics organisers bow to pressure for ‘stay home’ Games
By Ju-min Park and Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) - After weeks of insisting that the Tokyo 2020 Games could go ahead with spectators, organisers finally bowed to political pressure and rising COVID-19 in...
Jul 08, 2021
Peoria, IL, USA
60 °F Heavy Rain With Thunderstorm, Mist
