India’s Yamuna river regains sparkle as virus lockdown banishes waste
The sparkle has returned to the Yamuna river flowing through India’s capital of New Delhi, residents say, after decades of filthy and stinking waters, matted...
Australia’s AAP news agency lives on after finding buyers
Australian Associated Press (AAP) said on Friday it expects to be sold to a group of philanthropic investors, a reprieve for the news agency that...
Swimming: Australia seeking Taylor-made gold rush in Tokyo
Few jobs in sport come with as much pressure as the head coach of Australia’s Olympic swimming programme, and Rohan Taylor knows full well that...
Virtual certainty? Bankers ask if success of remote roadshows will last
Who needs expensive lunches at glitzy hotels and fancy restaurants to court investors for bond deals or the sale of new shares on the stock...
TikTok owner ByteDance shuts down overseas news aggregator TopBuzz
ByteDance, owner of the global hit short-video app TikTok, has shut down its artificial-intelligence-based news aggregator TopBuzz, one of the company’s earliest products aimed at...
Japan’s Dentsu evacuates Tokyo HQ after bomb threat
Japan’s largest advertising agency, Dentsu Group Corp, has evacuated its Tokyo headquarters after getting a bomb threat, an internal company email reviewed by Reuters showed...
Exclusive: Unfazed by pandemic, Bank of Japan to keep economic recovery view – sources
The Bank of Japan is likely to maintain its projection that the economy will gradually recover in the latter half of this year, four sources...
Dozens in Hong Kong stage pro-democracy protest in shopping mall
Dozens of Hong Kong protesters marched through a shopping mall on Friday, chanting pro-democracy slogans a day after thousands defied a police ban to hold...
Oil rises as traders await OPEC+ meeting on extending supply cuts
Oil prices moved higher on Friday as traders await cues from a meeting that could take place as soon as this weekend where major oil...
Asian stocks set for best weekly gain in nine years, U.S. jobs eyed
Asian stocks extended gains on Friday and were poised for their biggest weekly rise since 2011 while the euro hit a 1-1/2 month high as...