Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China commerce ministry expects retail sales to reach around 50 trln yuan by 2025
BEIJING (Reuters) - China expects its retail sales to reach around 50 trillion yuan by 2025, the Ministry of Commerce said on Friday. China will further strengthen the effect of consumption on economi...
Dec 31, 2021
Israel extends second COVID-19 booster to elderly in care facilities
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel is extending its offer of a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose to elderly people in care facilities, Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz said on Friday, citing their high exposure an...
Dec 31, 2021
Hong Kong says Omicron variant has spread despite COVID restrictions
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong authorities have discovered cases of infection of the Omicron coronavirus variant in the community, Health Secretary Sophia Chan said on Friday, marking the first local...
Dec 31, 2021
Reports: Aces to hire Becky Hammon to record-setting coaching deal
(Reuters) - Becky Hammon, a six-time WNBA All-Star, reportedly will become the league's highest-paid coach. Hammon will leave her job as an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs to take over as th...
Dec 31, 2021
South Africa’s anti-apartheid hero Tutu lies in state for second day
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africans lined up for a second day on Friday to pay their respects to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, whose body lay in state at St George's Cathedral in Cape Town where the anti-...
Dec 31, 2021
Israel signs deal to buy $2 billion in U.S. helicopters, tankers
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has signed a deal with the United States to buy 12 Lockheed Martin Corp CH-53K helicopters and two Boeing Co KC-46 refuelling planes, the Israeli Defence M...
Dec 31, 2021
A Myanmar family flees to India with no plans to return soon
By Devjyot Ghoshal and Chanchinmawia FARKAWN, India (Reuters) - For more than a decade, Mah Tial said she ran a small store in Thantlang, a town in northwest Myanmar, making enough money to send her f...
Dec 31, 2021
India’s Serum Institute applies for full approval of Covishield vaccine
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Serum Institute Of India has applied to the country's drug regulator and the health ministry for full approval of its COVID-19 vaccine Covishield, the company's chief executive s...
Dec 31, 2021
Factbox-Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus
(Reuters) - China is on high alert against COVID-19 as the New Year holiday looms, with the city of Xian under lockdown while several New Year's Eve events in other cities have been cancelled. DEATHS ...
Dec 31, 2021
S.Korea’s disgraced ex-president Park freed after nearly 5 years in prison
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye was released from prison on Friday nearly five years after being convicted of corruption, fuelling debate over whether she...
Dec 31, 2021
