Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan braces for Omicron spread as New Year’s travelers fan across country
By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan braced for a feared rebound in coronavirus cases as the highways and airports filled with travelers at the start of New Year's holidays on Wednesday. The governo...
Dec 29, 2021
Factbox-Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus
(Reuters) - Australia will seek to make urgent changes to COVID-19 testing rules to ease pressure on test sites as infections surged and the country's most populous state reported a near doubling in d...
Dec 29, 2021
Neoen says Australian wind farm hits full tilt, two years behind plan
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Neoen SA said its Bulgana wind farm and battery project in Australia has finally been fully switched on two years behind schedule, after overcoming problems hookin...
Dec 29, 2021
China’s Didi plans Hong Kong ‘listing by introduction’, picks banks – sources
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's ride-hailing giant Didi Global plans to use a mechanism that will allow it to list shares in Hong Kong without raising capital or issuing new stock as it seeks to delist ...
Dec 29, 2021
NFL-Rodgers says league has ‘two-class’ system based on COVID vaccine status
(Reuters) - The National Football League (NFL) has created a "two-class system" to differentiate the way it treats vaccinated and unvaccinated players, Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers said on Tues...
Dec 29, 2021
NBA roundup: Lakers get two triple-doubles, top Rockets
(Reuters) - LeBron James posted a 30-point triple-double and paced four 20-point scorers for the Los Angeles Lakers, who snapped a five-game skid with a 132-123 road win over the host Houston Rockets ...
Dec 29, 2021
Tory Burch’s Muratore on tech and the power of change
By Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Challenge the status quo and do not settle." That is the mantra of Magali Muratore, who joined New York-based fashion brand Tory Burch LLC in July as execut...
Dec 29, 2021
Magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes Crete, felt in Egyptian cities
ATHENS (Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 struck Crete, Greece, on Wednesday, the country's Geodynamic Institute said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The European Medite...
Dec 29, 2021
Olympics-Bruins’ Marchand slams NHL’s move to skip Beijing Games over COVID
(Reuters) - Boston Bruins winger Brad Marchand has criticised the National Hockey League's (NHL) decision to not send its players to compete in the men's ice hockey competition at the Beijing Winter O...
Dec 29, 2021
New Zealand records first community exposures from border-related Omicron case
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand said on Wednesday that a person who tested positive for the Omicron variant of COVID-19 had briefly been active in the community in Auckland. The person arrived in N...
Dec 29, 2021
