Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Digitalisation minister backs Japan PM’s rival as fight for ruling party head heats up
By Antoni Slodkowski TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's minister for digital transformation is the first serving cabinet member to openly back the rival of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in the race for ruling ...
Sep 01, 2021
Tennis – Former champion Stephens sends teen sensation Gauff packing in second round
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Experience trumped youth as former champion Sloane Stephens' deadly forehand sealed fellow American Coco Gauff's fate 6-4 6-2 in the second round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday. Th...
Sep 01, 2021
France’s Arnaud restructures his Lagardere holdings
PARIS (Reuters) - French media and publishing firm Lagardere said on Wednesday that Financire Agache, a holding company owned by French luxury goods billionaire Bernard Arnault, had exercised its opti...
Sep 01, 2021
China holds virtual climate meeting with U.S., describes environment policy ‘oasis’ of cooperation
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry held a virtual meeting with the U.S. climate envoy on Wednesday, describing the two countries' collaboration on environmental policy an "oasis" amid a des...
Sep 01, 2021
Medics mount emergency response from devastated Louisiana hospital’s parking lot
By Devika Krishna Kumar HOUMA, La. (Reuters) - Outside a hospital abandoned after Hurricane Ida tore its roof off and flooded the interior, emergency medical workers were poised for action. The Terreb...
Sep 01, 2021
Apple says Japan Fair Trade Commission closes App Store investigation
(Reuters) -Apple Inc said late on Wednesday an investigation by the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) had closed after the iPhone maker announced that an update was coming to the App Store. "The upda...
Sep 01, 2021
Australian doctors warn health system may ‘capsize’ when COVID-19 curbs ease
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian doctors on Thursday warned the country's hospitals are not ready to cope with the government's reopening plans, even with higher vaccination rates, as some states prepare...
Sep 01, 2021
Helped by tech giants, BioNTech vaccines finally reach Taiwan
By Ann Wang TAOYUAN, Taiwan (Reuters) - The first batch of BioNTech SE's COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Taiwan on Thursday, after months of heated political and diplomatic wrangling and helped by the inv...
Sep 01, 2021
U.S. aviation regulator probing Branson’s Virgin Galactic flight deviation
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Wednesday it is investigating a deviation in the descent of the flight of the Virgin Galactic rocket plane...
Sep 01, 2021
Tennis – Eighth seed Ruud exits U.S. Open in biggest upset so far
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Qualifier Botic van de Zandschulp sent Norwegian eighth seed Casper Ruud packing 3-6 6-4 6-3 6-4 in the second round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday, in the biggest upset of a tourn...
Sep 01, 2021
