Author Archives: Syndicated Content
No joke: China’s backlash against stand-up stirs fear of comedy clampdown
By Yew Lun Tian and Casey Hall BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - One joke by a Chinese comedian about the nation's military has spurred online uproar, a $2 million fine, a police probe, a sweep of cancelle...
May 20, 2023
Iran says it executes leader of women trafficking network
(Reuters) - Iran's judiciary said on Saturday that it had executed the head of a network that trafficked Iranian women to neighbouring countries for prostitution. It said Shahrooz Sakhnoori, a man kno...
May 20, 2023
Air strikes hit Khartoum’s outskirts as Sudan’s war enters sixth week
CAIRO/DUBAI (Reuters) - Air strikes hit outer areas of the Sudanese capital Khartoum overnight and on Saturday morning, as fighting that has trapped civilians in a humanitarian crisis and displaced mo...
May 20, 2023
China’s exports to North Korea surge in April
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's exports to North Korea soared in April from a year earlier, with wigs and fertiliser among major shipments, Chinese customs data showed on Saturday. Chinese outbound shipme...
May 20, 2023
Factbox-Excerpts from G7 leaders’ statement on economic coercion
(Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) agreed on Saturday to establish an initiative to counter economic "coercion", pledging to take steps to ensure that any actors attempting to "weaponise" ...
May 20, 2023
Soccer-Ten Hag hopes Rashford and Man Utd ‘find each other’ in contract talks
(Reuters) - Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag said he is confident that Marcus Rashford will agree a new contract with the Premier League club even as the English forward prepares to enter the final...
May 20, 2023
MLB roundup: Rafael Devers homers twice as Red Sox top Padres
Rafael Devers drove in four runs with two home runs and James Paxton held the struggling Padres to one run over six innings as the Boston Red Sox scored a 6-1 win in San Diego on Friday. Devers put th...
May 20, 2023
After fleeing conflict, displaced women face rape in east Congo
By Djaffar Sabiti GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Four men with machetes were hard on their heels as a group of women raced through the dense forest surrounding east Congo's city of Gom...
May 20, 2023
G7 leaders agree to new initiative to fight economic coercion
TOKYO (Reuters) - Group of Seven leaders on Saturday agreed to a new initiative to counter economic coercion, and pledged action to ensure that any actors attempting to weaponise economic dependence w...
May 20, 2023
WNBA-Griner greeted by US VP Harris in return to court
By Rory Carroll LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Brittney Griner returned to the WNBA hardwood on Friday night in Los Angeles to cheers from a raucous crowd that included U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris. The...
May 20, 2023
