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US designates 4 major Chinese media outlets as foreign missions
Reuters, Published on 23/06/2020
» WASHINGTON: The United States said on Monday it will start treating four major Chinese media outlets as foreign embassies, alleging they are mouthpieces for Beijing, in a move that is likely to further sour already fraught ties between the world's top two economies.
Duterte-police drug link wins Pulitzer for Reuters
Reuters, Published on 17/04/2018
» NEW YORK: Reuters won a Pulitzer Prize for international reporting that revealed links between Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and police assassination squads, and also won a prize for feature photography of the Rohingya migrant crisis, the prize administrator said on Monday.
Myanmar wields colonial-era law against Reuters journalists
Reuters, Published on 18/12/2017
» YANGON: Myanmar has accused Reuters reporters Wa Lone, 31, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 27, of breaching the country's Official Secrets Act, a little-used hangover from colonial rule.
Analysis: Myanmar arrests journalists under colonial-era law
Reuters, Published on 18/12/2017
» Myanmar has accused Reuters reporters Wa Lone, 31, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 27, of breaching the country's Official Secrets Act, a little-used hangover from colonial rule. Sam Zarifi, secretary general of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), said the law can ensnare working journalists "at any time".
Disney to buy Fox film, TV assets for $52.4bn in stock
Reuters, Published on 14/12/2017
» NEW YORK: The Walt Disney Co on Thursday agreed to buy film, TV and international assets from Rupert Murdoch's Twenty-First Century Fox Inc for $52.4 billion (1.7 trillion baht) as Disney seeks greater scale to tackle growing competition from Netflix and Amazon.com.
Bitcoin fever exposes crypto-market frailties
Reuters, Published on 14/12/2017
» LONDON/NEW YORK: As bitcoin raced to another record high on Tuesday, one of the biggest providers of digital currency wallets, Coinbase, went down under the weight of traffic, leaving many of its more than 10 million customers unable to access their funds.
Japan Airlines invests $10m in supersonic jet company Boom
Reuters, Published on 05/12/2017
» Denver-based startup Boom Supersonic said on Tuesday Japan's No 2 carrier Japan Airlines Co Ltd has invested $10 million in the company, which is building a supersonic passenger aircraft it claims will be faster, quieter and more affordable to fly than Concorde.
Hybrid-electric plane to hit market in 2022
Business, Reuters, Published on 10/10/2017
» NEW YORK: A Seattle-area startup, backed by the venture capital arms of Boeing Co and JetBlue Airways Corp announced plans last week to bring a small hybrid-electric commuter aircraft to market by 2022.
New York Times' digital push gains momentum
Reuters, Published on 03/05/2017
» The New York Times Co on Wednesday reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit, as the newspaper publisher benefited from a record increase in digital subscriptions that helped offset falling print sales.
Accepting the nomination, Clinton casts herself as clear-eyed leader
Reuters, Published on 29/07/2016
» PHILADELPHIA - US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton cast herself as the steady leader at a "moment of reckoning" for America, contrasting her character with what she described as a dangerous and volatile Donald Trump.