by Reuters | Sep 17, 2020 | Asia, Australia, Business, Canada, Central America, Economy, Environment, Health, Latin America, Politics, Top News, US
By Patpicha Tanakasempipat BANGKOK (Reuters) – Chemicals giant Bayer and the U.S. government cooperated closely last year to lobby Thailand to reverse its ban on glyphosate, used in the company’s controversial weedkiller Roundup, documents obtained by an...
by Reuters | Sep 17, 2020 | Asia, Australia, Business, Environment, Politics
By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE (Reuters) – BHP Group pursued permission to damage Aboriginal cultural sites in April, an Australian parliamentary inquiry heard on Thursday, despite being told of the distress it would cause traditional owners. The inquiry is...
by Reuters | Sep 17, 2020 | Asia, Australia, Business, Canada, Central America, Entertainment and Lifestyle, Europe, Latin America, Technology
By Sam Nussey and Supantha Mukherjee TOKYO/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sony Corp said its next-generation PlayStation 5 console would launch in November priced at $499.99 and $399.99 for a version without a disk drive, as it squares off against rival Microsoft...
by Reuters | Sep 15, 2020 | Asia, Australia, Business, Economy
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Air New Zealand Ltd <AIR.NZ> said on Wednesday it aims to cut up to 385 more cabin crew jobs due to the lack of long-haul international flying, which would take its COVID-19 related job losses to around 37% of its workforce. The...
by Reuters | Sep 15, 2020 | Asia, Australia, Business, Canada, Economy, Europe, UK, US
By Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) – A UN-led aviation task force aims to make a recommendation by late October on the use of COVID-19 testing to reduce long quarantine requirements that have decimated air travel, two sources said, following a meeting of the...
by Reuters | Sep 14, 2020 | Asia, Australia, Business, Environment
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Undaunted by hefty writedowns on its Australian gas assets, Royal Dutch Shell <RDSa.L> sees its liquefied natural gas business and “new energy” acquisitions Down Under as core to its long term plans, the...
