© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective mask walks past the headquarters of Bank of Japan amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo, Japan, May 22, 2020.REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will ramp up efforts to promote sustainable finance such as by nurturing its green bond market…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Evacuees from Afghanistan board a Boeing 777 bound for the United States from Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy August 28, 2021. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kaila V. Peters/Handout via REUTERS By Josh Smith (Reuters) – A senior board member of Afghanistan’s central bank is urging the U.S. Treasury and…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: School children wave Japanese and Union Flags (also known as the Union Jack) as a cruise boat carrying Britain’s Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, arrives at the Hama Rikyu gardens in Tokyo February 26, 2015. REUTERS/Toru Hanai By Daniel Leussink and Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Member countries of the Comprehensive…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol Building is pictured in Washington, U.S., August 20, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. groups representing transit systems and city leaders on Monday joined unions and environmental groups in calling on Congress to back at least $10 billion in additional public transit spending along with…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People decorate their houses with lanterns and lights during Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, November 14, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi By Shrutee Sarkar BENGALURU (Reuters) – The sizzling pace of house price rises in most major world housing markets since the pandemic…
2/2 © Reuters. Women walk in the rain as Hurricane Ida makes landfall in Louisiana, in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. August 29, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello 2/2 By Devika Krishna Kumar and Peter Szekely NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) -Nearly all of Louisiana lost electrical power on Monday after one of the most powerful hurricanes to strike the…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus, talks on his mobile phone in front of a screen showing the Nikkei index outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Ph By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) – Asian shares started the week…
(Corrects dateline to Aug 29, no change to story text) BEIJING (Reuters) -China Petroleum & Chemical Corp on Sunday reported a 39.15 billion yuan ($6.05 billion) net profit for the first six months of 2021 on the back of renewed fuel demand and a rebound in oil prices amid a recovery from the impact of…
© Reuters. U.S. President Joe Biden arrives for a virtual briefing with FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell on preparations for Hurricane Ida at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 28, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday said he has spoken to governors of states in the Gulf of Mexico region…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A copper and cobalt mine run by Sicomines is seen in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 30, 2015. REUTERS/Aaron Ross/File Photo By Aaron Ross and Karin Strohecker (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo’s government is reviewing its $6 billion “infrastructure-for-minerals” deal with Chinese investors as part of a broader examination of…