US Secretary of State Blinken urges stability in Indo-Pacific
JAKARTA (Reuters) – United States’ Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday called for stability in the Indo-Pacific region and…
July 2023
Roivant in talks to sell bowel disease drug to Roche in over $7 billion deal – WSJ
(Reuters) -Biotech company Roivant Sciences is in talks to sell an experimental drug to treat inflammatory bowel diseases, including ulcerative…
FDA approves first over-the-counter birth control pill in US
By Manas Mishra and Sriparna Roy (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first over-the-counter…
Divisive China, Taiwan bids to join Pacific trade pact in focus at meet
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Members of a major trans-Pacific trade pact meeting in Auckland on Sunday are set…
Australia No.3 bank clinches union deal for staff to work from home
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) – National Australia Bank (NAB), the No.3 lender, reached a deal that lets employees work…
Tesla begins sale of cheaper Model Y vehicle in South Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) – Tesla began selling its Model Y rear-wheel drive car on Friday in South Korea at a price…
Cathay Pacific expects up to $576 million first-half profit as demand jumps
(Reuters) -Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways said on Friday it expects to record a profit of up to HK$4.5 billion…
Russia launches overnight drone attack on Ukrainian president’s hometown
KYIV (Reuters) – A 56-year-old man was injured in an overnight Russian drone strike on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s hometown,…
Exclusive-China invites global investors for rare meeting as economy sputters-sources
By Xie Yu and Julie Zhu HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s financial regulators have invited some of the world’s biggest…
China central bank to use tools such as RRR to tackle economic woes
By Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s central bank will use policy tools such as the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) and…