Author Archives: Syndicated Content
NHL roundup: Penguins, Lightning clinch playoff bids
Jake Guentzel had two goals and two assists Thursday as the Pittsburgh Penguins clinched a playoff spot with a 6-3 win over the visiting New York Islanders. Sidney Crosby added a goal and two assists,...
Apr 15, 2022
‘Fortress in a city’: Ukrainians cling on at steel plant in Mariupol
By Natalia Zinets (Reuters) - Explosions rumbled and smoke rose this week from a steel making district in besieged Mariupol where dwindling Ukrainian forces are holed up as Russia tries to take full c...
Apr 15, 2022
Truckers in Argentina end protest that threatened grains transport: ministry
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentinian truckers agreed on Thursday night to call off a strike that had paralyzed grains transport in the country since Monday, the transport ministry said. Truckers repre...
Apr 15, 2022
Philippine president vetoes bill seeking to tackle social media abuse
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has vetoed a bill that would require social media users to register their legal identities and phone numbers, calling for a more thorough study ...
Apr 15, 2022
Taiwan security of global significance, U.S. senator tells island’s president
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Technology hub Taiwan is a "country of global significance" and its security has implications for the world, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez said on Friday in a meeting with President Tsai...
Apr 15, 2022
Shanghai turns residences into COVID isolation facilities, sparking protest
By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Shanghai is converting residential buildings into quarantine centres to house a mounting number of COVID-19 cases, but the move is sparking anger and protest from ne...
Apr 15, 2022
Israeli police, Palestinians clash at Jerusalem holy site
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli police clashed with masked, stone-throwing Palestinians at a holy site in the Old City of Jerusalem when violence erupted after Friday's Ramadan morning prayers, police sa...
Apr 15, 2022
Japan consumer inflation seen picking up, still distant from BOJ target: Reuters poll
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's core consumer inflation likely accelerated in March from a year earlier but was still well short of the Bank of Japan's price goal, a Reuters poll showed, bolstering the view...
Apr 15, 2022
China’s new home prices stalled in March month-on-month
BEIJING (Reuters) -China's new home prices stalled for a second straight month in March, official data showed on Friday, as growing COVID-19 lockdowns dampened consumer confidence and weighed on deman...
Apr 14, 2022
China keeps medium-term policy rate unchanged, but markets expect more easing
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China's central bank kept borrowing costs of its medium-term policy loan unchanged for the third straight month as expected on Friday, despite Beijing calling for more monetary sti...
Apr 14, 2022
