Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Early voting for S.Korea president begins in shadow of COVID
By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea began early voting on Friday for a presidential election in the shadow of the pandemic, as up to a million people with COVID-19 are expected to cast ballot...
Mar 04, 2022
Motor racing-Aston Martin will have to show potential to get Vettel to stay
By Abhishek Takle (Reuters) - Aston Martin will have to put a "performing structure" in place to convince four-time Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel to stay on beyond the end of the season,...
Mar 04, 2022
Japan’s Q4 GDP forecast to revise up, wholesale price gains cloud outlook – Reuters Poll
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy expanded more than initially expected in the final quarter of 2021, but rising input prices likely kept wholesale inflation near a record in Februar...
Mar 04, 2022
Russia restricts access to BBC Russian service and Radio Liberty – RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's communications watchdog has restricted access to BBC Russian service as well as Radio Liberty and the Meduza media outlet, the RIA news agency reported on Friday. Russia's ...
Mar 04, 2022
Solid U.S. job gains forecast in February; unemployment rate seen dipping to 3.9%
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers likely maintained a strong pace of hiring in February, pushing the labor market closer to maximum employment, but rising headwinds from geopolit...
Mar 04, 2022
Fire put out near Ukrainian nuclear power plant
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ukraine's state emergency service said on Friday that fire has been put out near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Ukraine said in the early hours of Friday Russian forces had a...
Mar 03, 2022
U.S. should recognise Taiwan, former top diplomat Pompeo says
By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) - The United States should formally recognise Taiwan as a country, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday during a speech in Taipei. "The United States ...
Mar 03, 2022
Soccer-Chelsea’s Kante calls for focus after surprise of Abramovich sale
(Reuters) - Chelsea midfielder N'Golo Kante said the Premier League team's players were caught off guard by Roman Abramovich's decision to sell the club following Russia's invasion of Ukraine but urge...
Mar 03, 2022
China’s ‘common prosperity’ push leads to divergence in regulatory approach
By Eduardo Baptista and Clare Jim BEIJING / HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's so-called "common prosperity" push in the near-term will not only aim to bridge the widening wealth gap but is also set to sha...
Mar 03, 2022
Families forced to split as Hong Kong COVID cases spiral and rules tighten
By Scott Murdoch and Anne Marie Roantree SYDNEY/HONG KONG (Reuters) - While Hong Kong clings to its "zero-COVID" policy, frustrations in the city are boiling over, workplace morale is being hit hard a...
Mar 03, 2022
