FILE PHOTO: Olympic men’s 10m air rifle gold medalist Abhinav Bindra shows his gold medal during a news conference in New Delhi August 14, 2008. Ecstatic India lavished praise and nearly $400,000 in cash on shooter Bindra after he won the first solo Olympic title for a medal-starved nation. REUTERS/Parth […]
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South Korea summons Japan envoy over travel curbs in coronavirus row
South Korean soldiers in protective gear sanitize a street at a shopping district in Seoul, South Korea, March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji March 6, 2020 By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea summoned Japan’s envoy on Friday to protest against its neighbour’s decision to quarantine South Korean visitors for […]
Euro and yen surge as Treasury yield collapse whacks dollar
FILE PHOTO: Saudi riyal, yuan, Turkish lira, pound, U.S. dollar, euro and Jordanian dinar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken January 6, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration March 6, 2020 By Tommy Wilkes and Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) – The euro roared past $1.13 on Friday and the yen pushed below […]
Vatican reports first case of coronavirus inside its walls
People walk on St. Peter’s Square after the Vatican reports its first case of coronavirus, at the Vatican, March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Yara Nardi March 6, 2020 VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican said on Friday that a patient in its health services had tested positive for the coronavirus, the first […]
Exclusive: Tencent-backed WeDoctor invites banks to lead $1 billion Hong Kong IPO, sources say
FILE PHOTO: A Tencent sign is seen at the World Internet Conference (WIC) in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, China, October 20, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo March 6, 2020 By Scott Murdoch and Julie Zhu HONG KONG (Reuters) – WeDoctor will push ahead with a Hong Kong listing and invite pitches from […]
Meet the women who scavenge for gold at the top of the world
Eva Chura, 42, who is a pallaquera (a female gold picker) strikes rocks that were discarded from a mine in search of gold in the town of La Rinconada, in the Andes, Peru, October 11, 2019. REUTERS/Nacho Doce March 6, 2020 By Nacho Doce and Mitra Taj LA RINCONADA, Peru […]
How Lipper Award-winning fund managers are playing coronavirus scare
FILE PHOTO: A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., March 5, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo March 6, 2020 By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – Uncertainty over the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak has prompted at least some […]
India’s Yes Bank plunges 35% as central bank takes control
A security guard stands outside a Yes Bank branch at its headquarters in Mumbai, January 17, 2018. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/Files March 6, 2020 By Chris Thomas and Savio Shetty MUMBAI (Reuters) – Shares in India’s Yes Bank <YESB.NS> dropped nearly 35% on Friday to their lowest in more than a decade, […]
Coronavirus crisis threatens to silence Japan’s tourist boom
FILE PHOTO: Tourists wearing face masks walk past Kaminarimon Gate as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo, Japan January 31, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon March 6, 2020 By Daniel Leussink and Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) – The restaurants at the Exitmelsa shopping center in Tokyo’s upscale Ginza district are usually packed […]
Exclusive: Grindr’s Chinese owner nears deal to sell gay dating app – sources
FILE PHOTO: Grindr app is seen on a mobile phone in this photo illustration taken in Shanghai, China March 28, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo March 6, 2020 By Echo Wang and Chibuike Oguh (Reuters) – Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun Tech Co Ltd <300418.SZ> is close to signing an agreement […]