Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Indian court urges delay in state elections as Omicron spreads
By Neha Arora NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An Indian court urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to suspend political rallies and election campaigns in poll-bound states amid the rising number of O...
Dec 24, 2021
Cambodia’s ruling party endorses PM Hun Sen’s son as future leader
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) -Cambodia's longtime ruling party voted to endorse Prime Minister Hun Sen's eldest son as "future prime minister" but did not specify a timeframe for when he might succeed his fat...
Dec 24, 2021
Taiwan, Japan eye ‘all round cooperation’ on chips
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan and Japan's ruling parties agreed on Friday to have "all round cooperation" on semiconductors and to hold regular talks, Taiwanese lawmakers said, after what are de facto disc...
Dec 24, 2021
Shares edge up, dollar set for worst week since Sept as Omicron fears ebb
By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) - Most Asian share markets edged higher on Friday and the safe-haven dollar was on the back foot, on signs the Omicron variant would not significantly derail global ec...
Dec 23, 2021
Bangladesh launch fire kills 16 people
DHAKA (Reuters) - At least 16 people have died in Bangladesh after a deadly fire swept through a launch on the Sugandha River in Bangladesh, an official said on Friday. Sixteen bodies had been recover...
Dec 23, 2021
Vietnam aims to vaccinate adult population with booster by end-March
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam aims to vaccinate all of its adult population with a coronavirus booster shot by the end of the first quarter of next year, the health ministry said on Friday. The Southeast ...
Dec 23, 2021
Two more Tiananmen monuments removed from Hong Kong university campuses
By Sara Cheng HONG KONG (Reuters) - Two more Hong Kong universities on Friday removed public monuments to the 1989 Tiananmen protests in Beijing, following on the heels of the dismantling of a sculptu...
Dec 23, 2021
Japan plans record defence spending in 2022 with 10th straight annual increase
By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government on Friday approved record defence spending, with a 10th straight annual increase in 2022, against a backdrop of...
Dec 23, 2021
Japan plans to send Tokyo 2020, JOC and JPC chiefs to Beijing Olympics – NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan plans to send Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto as well as the heads of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) and the Japanese Paralympic Committee (JPC) to the Winter Games ...
Dec 23, 2021
United, Delta cancel more than 200 U.S. Christmas Eve flights amid COVID surge
By David Shepardson (Reuters) - United Airlines and Delta Air Lines on Thursday said they had each canceled dozens of Christmas Eve flights, as the spreading COVID-19 Omicron variant takes a toll on i...
Dec 23, 2021
