Новости за 21.09.2020

GABORONE (Reuters) - Botswana wildlife officials said on Monday that cyanobacteria was the cause of a spate of mysterious elephant deaths this year that had alarmed conservationists.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Marine biologists were planning the rescue of around 270 whales stranded on a sandbar off the remote west coast of the Australian island of Tasmania on Monday.

By Ann Wang TAITUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) - In the forests and on remote offshore islands of Taiwan, a group of conservationists are racing to collect as many rare plant species as they can before they

By Ritvik Carvalho LONDON (Reuters) - The yen hit a six-month high against the dollar on Monday, gaining for a sixth consecutive session against the greenback as stock markets tumbled and pushed

By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland, which last fought a foreign war more than 200 years ago and has no discernable enemies, wants to spend billions on new fighter jets.

(Reuters) - European stocks headed lower for a third straight session on Monday, hit by worries about a surge in coronavirus cases in the continent and a slide in HSBC and Standard Chartered following

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China needs to become the first nation to issue a digital currency in its push to internationalise the yuan and reduce its dependence on the global dollar payment system, a

By Denis Balibouse BERN (Reuters) - Up to 400 protesters occupied a square near the Swiss National Bank and parliament in Bern on Monday, as leaders of a group that has also targeted banks including

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech Health Minister Adam Vojtech said on Monday he had submitted his resignation following criticism over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, as the central European country

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's air force has released a video showing nuclear-capable H-6 bombers carrying out a simulated attack on what appears to be Andersen Air Force Base on the U.S.

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan said on Monday its armed forces have the right to self-defence and counter attack amid "harassment and threats", in an apparent warning to China, which last week sent

By Jonathan Barrett SYDNEY (Reuters) - China will lose access to a strategic space tracking station in Western Australia when its contract expires, the facility's owners said, a decision that cuts

By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's central bank is likely to keep interest rates steady at record lows and hold off on further stimulus this week, even as the economy faces a deep

By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - AT&T Inc's HBO network dominated Sunday's Emmy Awards with 30 wins, including best drama "Succession" and limited series "Watchmen," while Apple Inc took home

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - World leaders will come together, virtually, on Monday to mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, as the deadly coronavirus pandemic challenges

TAIPEI (Reuters) - China sent numerous aircraft close to Taiwan during two days of drills from Friday, causing the island's air force to scramble, as Beijing expressed anger at the visit of a senior

By Josh Smith and Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - Schools in the South Korean capital Seoul and nearby areas resumed in-person classes for the first time in almost a month on Monday after daily

(Reuters) - Five players have been withdrawn from the French Open qualifying tournament after two players and a coach tested positive for COVID-19, organisers have said.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - HSBC and Standard Chartered's Hong Kong shares dropped on Monday after media reports that they and other banks moved large sums of allegedly illicit funds over

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Succession," a drama about a dysfunctional family that runs a media empire, won best drama series at the Emmy Awards on Sunday. The series runs on AT&T Inc's HBO network.

By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's coronavirus hotspot of Victoria reported on Monday its lowest daily rise in infections in three months, although state Premier Daniel Andrews said there

BEIJING (Reuters) - China, the world's biggest automobile market, rolled out fresh policies to support hydrogen fuel cell vehicles to improve the industry's supply chain and technologies, the finance

By Nichola Groom (Reuters) - The Emmy Awards aired as a live, virtual ceremony on Sunday, bringing Hollywood television stars together, distantly, through a giant would-be Zoom call with host Jimmy

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday lifted all coronavirus restrictions across the country, except in second-wave hotspot Auckland, as the number of new

By Echo Wang and Yingzhi Yang NEW YORK/BEIJING (Reuters) - China's ByteDance said on Monday that TikTok's global business will become its subsidiary, even as Oracle Corp and Walmart Inc said over the