July 16, 2023
China June property sales fall at fastest clip this year
By Liangping Gao and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s property sales between June and May showed the largest monthly…
S.Korea central bank warns of financial stability risk as debts rise
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s central bank said on Monday there was a need to manage financial stability in addition…
China’s June crude steel production rises on better margins
BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s June crude steel output rose 1.1% from May and 0.4% from a year earlier, the statistics bureau…
Factbox-Crimea Bridge: why is it important and what happened to it
(Reuters) – Traffic on the road-and-rail bridge linking Russia and the Crimean peninsula was stopped early on Monday due to…
Thousands evacuated as firefighters battle to control La Palma wildfire
By Borja Suarez (Reuters) -Firefighters were trying to contain a wildfire which burned out of control and forced the evacuation…
China’s June industrial output rises 4.4%, retail sales up 3.1%
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s industrial output grew 4.4% in June from a year earlier, unexpectedly accelerating from 3.5% seen in…
China rolls over medium-term policy loans, rate unchanged
SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -China’s central bank rolled over maturing medium-term policy loans and kept the interest rate unchanged as expected on…
Progressive US Democrat Jayapal apologizes for calling Israel ‘racist’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Representative Pramila Jayapal, who heads a large group of progressive Democrats in the U.S. Congress, on Sunday…
Actress and singer Jane Birkin dies, France loses an ‘icon’
By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) -British-born actress and singer Jane Birkin, a 1960s wildchild who became a beloved figure in…
China June new home prices flat in weakest showing this year
By Liangping Gao and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s new home prices were unchanged in June, the weakest result this…