Author Archives: Syndicated Content
New Zealand PM warns of more COVID variants in 2022
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic will not end with the Omicron variant and New Zealand will have to prepare for more variants of the virus this year, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on ...
Feb 07, 2022
Olympics-Alpine skiing-Horror injury ends American skier O’Brien’s Olympic campaign
YANQING, China (Reuters) - American alpine skier Nina O'Brien is out of the Beijing Winter Olympics after suffering compound fractures to her left leg during her giant slalom run, a U.S. team spokespe...
Feb 07, 2022
Olympics-Peng Shuai watches Gu win Chinese gold at Big Air
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai was on hand to watch China's Eileen Gu win gold in the Big Air competition in Beijing on Tuesday. Peng could be seen in the stands wearing a black kn...
Feb 07, 2022
S.Korea to lodge protest with CAS, IOC over disqualified short track skaters
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Tuesday it plans to lodge a protest with the global top court for sport and an Olympics body over the disqualification of two short track speed sk...
Feb 07, 2022
Beijing 2022 Olympics reports 6 new COVID cases among games personnel
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee said on Tuesday that a total of six new COVID-19 cases were detected among games-related personnel on Feb. 7. No cases were fo...
Feb 07, 2022
Australia’s parliament opens for election year with apology, PM under pressure
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday apologised to a political staffer who said she was raped in a ministerial office, after a review found half of...
Feb 07, 2022
Olympics-Freestyle skiing-China’s Gu beats ‘Air France’ Ledeux to win Bir Air gold
BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese teenager Eileen Gu landed a tricky jump for the first time to become the first freeski Big Air Olympic champion at the Beijing Winter Games on Tuesday. The U.S. born Gu land...
Feb 07, 2022
Olympics-Ski jumping-‘They destroyed women’s ski jumping’, says German after mixed team disqualifications
By Philip O'Connor ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - The International Ski Federation (FIS) came under fire from competitors after a slew of disqualifications marred Monday's first-ever Olympic mixed tea...
Feb 07, 2022
Asian stocks, euro hold steady ahead of U.S. inflation data
By Anshuman Daga SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian equities consolidated recent gains as investors' sentiment improved amid strong results by U.S. companies, helping stocks recover from the worst start to t...
Feb 07, 2022
Tesla cut steering component from some cars to deal with chip shortage – CNBC
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc decided to remove one of the two electronic control units included in the steering racks of some made-in-China Model 3 and Model Y cars to meet fourth-quarter sales goals while c...
Feb 07, 2022
