Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Record number of COVID-hit Australians in hospital as Omicron surges
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) - The number of Australians admitted to hospitals with COVID-19 hit a record of about 5,450 on Monday, official data showed, as the spread of highly contagious new Omicr...
Jul 24, 2022
‘No place like home’: Climate change threatens Fiji’s rugby nursery
By Jill Gralow NAMATAKULA, Fiji (Reuters) - The white sands of Namatakula have nurtured generations of world-class rugby talent but rising sea levels threaten to force the abandonment of the palm-frin...
Jul 24, 2022
Reaction to Myanmar’s execution of four democracy activists
(Reuters) - Myanmar's military authorities have executed four democracy activists accused of helping carry out "terror acts", state media said on Monday, the Southeast Asian nation's first executions ...
Jul 24, 2022
Chinese woman seeking to freeze her eggs loses court case
By Martin Quin Pollard and Roxanne Liu BEIJING (Reuters) - An unmarried woman in China has lost a court challenge seeking to freeze her eggs, highlighting concerns about a lack of technology options f...
Jul 24, 2022
Athletics-Sweden’s Duplantis breaks pole vault world record at World Championships
EUGENE, Ore. (Reuters) - Sweden's Armand Duplantis broke his own men's pole vault world record on Sunday, jumping 6.21 metres on his second attempt at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon. The 22...
Jul 24, 2022
Athletics-US retain women’s 4x400m relay title at World Championships
By Amy Tennery EUGENE, Ore. (Reuters) -The United States collected their third successive women's 4x400 metres relay World Championships title in dominant fashion on Sunday, finishing well clear of Ja...
Jul 24, 2022
Bank of Japan board reshuffle brings in less dovish member
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan has reshuffled its board and brought in a new member seen as more keen to end ultra-low interest rates than his dovish predecessor, potentially tilt...
Jul 24, 2022
Athletics-France’s Mayer wins second world decathlon title
(Reuters) - World record holder Kevin Mayer of France regained the decathlon world title with a late comeback on Sunday after the event was blown wide open by an injury to Olympic champion Damian Warn...
Jul 24, 2022
Athletics-U.S. storm to another crushing 4x400m men’s relay gold
By Mitch Phillips EUGENE, Ore. (Reuters) - The United States maintained their stranglehold of the men's 4x400 metres relay on Sunday as they won World Championships gold in dominant style. The United ...
Jul 24, 2022
China vows privacy, information protection in using digital yuan
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China will fully respect privacy and protect personal information in using the digital yuan, state media quoted a senior central bank official as saying on Sunday, as Beijing enco...
Jul 24, 2022
