Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Instant View: Japan’s ex-Prime Minister Abe shot, condition unknown
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot on Friday while campaigning in the city of Nara, a government spokesman said, with public broadcaster NHK saying he appeared to...
Jul 08, 2022
China COVID monitoring app cuts travel history scrutiny
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's national authorities are reducing scrutiny of citizens' travel history for COVID-19 monitoring, requiring that a mandatory mobile app shows the previous seven days of trave...
Jul 08, 2022
Former Japanese premier Abe shot, govt spokesperson says
TOKYO (Reuters) - Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot at about 11:30 a.m. in the prefecture of Nara, chief cabinet secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said on Friday. "Former prime minister Abe'...
Jul 08, 2022
Tennis-Australia wary of embracing ‘Nincompoop Nick’ Kyrgios
By Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY (Reuters) - Nick Kyrgios's transformation from doubles entertainer to Grand Slam singles finalist is one of the more remarkable tennis stories of the year but Australian fans ...
Jul 08, 2022
U.S. job growth likely slowed in June; unemployment rate seen at 3.6%
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers likely hired the fewest workers in 14 months in June, but the jobless rate probably remained near pre-pandemic lows, underscoring labor market t...
Jul 08, 2022
U.S. ‘saddened and shocked’ by shooting of Japan’s former premier Abe, envoy says
TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States is "saddened and shocked" by the shooting of Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe, U.S. ambassador Rahm Emanuel said on Friday. Japan's longest-serving prime mi...
Jul 08, 2022
Japan’s Shinzo Abe sought to revive economy, fulfil conservative agenda
TOKYO (Reuters) - Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, launched his "Abenomics" policies to lift the economy out of deflation, beefed up Japan's military and sought to counter China's g...
Jul 07, 2022
China military holds exercises around Taiwan, berates United States
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's military recently held joint combat readiness exercises and patrols in the sea and airspace around Taiwan, the eastern command of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) said on...
Jul 07, 2022
Golf-St Andrews needs the wind or Open might be a ‘wedge contest’: Spieth
(Reuters) - Jordan Spieth says the 150th British Open at St Andrews could be reduced to a "wedge contest" unless the wind offers the Old Course some protection. Spieth, who won the British Open at Roy...
Jul 07, 2022
Snake Island is a warning to Russia, Ukraine “will not be broken’, Zelenskiy
By Max Hunder and Simon Lewis KYIV/KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the raising of the Ukrainian flag on Snake Island in the Black Sea was a sign his country would no...
Jul 07, 2022
