Author Archives: Syndicated Content
NBA roundup: Suns stop Raptors’ winning streak
Devin Booker hit the go-ahead jump shot with 1:02 to play and the visiting Phoenix Suns went on to end the Toronto Raptors' six-game winning streak Tuesday night with a 99-95 victory. Booker's 19-foot...
Jan 12, 2022
COVID-19 cases jump in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan as Omicron spreads
BISHKEK (Reuters) -Central Asian neighbours Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan reported jumps in new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday as both countries said the Omicron variant of the virus was now spreading on the...
Jan 12, 2022
China’s auto sales fall for eighth straight month in Dec
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's auto sales in December fell 1.6% from a year-ago period, the eight consecutive monthly drop, industry data showed on Wednesday, as the world's biggest car market was hit ha...
Jan 12, 2022
Softbank-backed Brazilian crypto firm acquires Portuguese exchange
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Softbank-backed Brazilian company 2TM, which runs Latin America's largest cryptocurrency exchange Mercado Bitcoin, said on Wednesday it will acquire a ...
Jan 12, 2022
California DMV reviewing approach to regulating Tesla’s public self-driving test – report
(Reuters) - California is reevaluating Tesla Inc's Full Self-Driving (FSD) test program, to determine if the electric-car maker's software should fall under its motor vehicle department's autonomous v...
Jan 12, 2022
Analysis-As Fed rate hikes loom, China may opt for modest easing to cushion slowdown
By Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) - China's central bank is set to unveil more easing steps to support slowing growth, though it will likely favour injecting more cash into the economy than cutting inter...
Jan 12, 2022
Philips Q4 earnings hit by part shortages and ventilator recall
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch health technology company Philips on Wednesday said it expected fourth-quarter core profit to drop around 40% to about 650 million euros ($739.25 million), hit by a global ...
Jan 12, 2022
Germany’s COVID-19 cases hit daily record of more than 80,000
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany reported 80,430 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, the highest recorded in a single day since the pandemic began, as the contagious Omicron variant rips through a popu...
Jan 12, 2022
Hong Kong government denounces ‘biased reporting’ by the Economist
By Anne Marie Roantree and Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Hong Kong government has criticised the Economist magazine over an article about the city's recent Legislative Council election, saying...
Jan 12, 2022
‘He’s going to get away with it’: Australia news anchors caught in Djokovic ‘hot mic’
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's top-rating television network said on Wednesday it was investigating a leaked video of two news anchors privately attacking tennis star Novak Djokovic and accusing him o...
Jan 12, 2022
