Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Reactions to Myanmar’s four-year jail term for Aung San Suu Kyi
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Myanmar's deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced on Monday to four years in prison on charges of incitement and breaching coronavirus restrictions in a case her supporters c...
Dec 06, 2021
China’s economy expected to grow 5.3% in 2022, says govt think tank
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's economy is expected to grow around 5.3% in 2022, bringing the average annual growth rate forecast for 2020-2022 to 5.2%, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), a to...
Dec 06, 2021
Speed skating-US men set team pursuit world record
(Reuters) - The United States set a world record to win the men's team pursuit at the speed skating World Cup in Utah on Sunday in a major boost to their medal hopes at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Th...
Dec 06, 2021
UK new car sales edge up in November – preliminary data
LONDON (Reuters) - British new car registrations rose by roughly 1% year-on-year in November, according to preliminary industry data released on Monday. However, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and...
Dec 06, 2021
Japan reports 3rd case of Omicron variant in traveller who had been in Italy
TOKYO (Reuters) - A man in his 30s who had been in Italy has tested positive for the Omicron COVID-19 variant in the third case to be found in Japan, the top government spokesman said on Monday. Speak...
Dec 06, 2021
Greece’s Alpha Bank agrees to sell Albanian unit to OTP Bank
ATHENS (Reuters) -Alpha Bank, one of Greece's four largest banks, has agreed to sell its Albanian unit to Hungary's OTP Bank, it said on Monday. OTP Bank will pay 55 million euros ($62.05 million) to ...
Dec 06, 2021
UK fashion chain Ted Baker Chairman John Barton dies at 77
(Reuters) -British fashion chain Ted Baker on Monday said Chairman John Barton had died, and senior independent director Helena Feltham would take on the role of interim chairman with immediate effect...
Dec 06, 2021
NBA roundup: Donovan Mitchell propels Jazz past Cavaliers
Donovan Mitchell scored 35 points to lead the Utah Jazz to a 109-108 victory over the host Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday. Rudy Gobert tallied 20 rebounds and five blocks for the Jazz. Bojan Bogdanovic...
Dec 06, 2021
Bitcoin below $50,000, at early October levels, after weekend’s battering
By Alun John HONG KONG - Bitcoin hovered around $49,000 on Monday, down 1.5% on the day, as traders nursed losses after a brutal weekend in which the price of the world's largest digital asset at one ...
Dec 06, 2021
The trials of Aung San Suu Kyi, from heroine to villain to convict
(Reuters) - Put on trial by the generals who overthrew her elected government in a coup that cut short democratic reforms she had fought for decades to bring about, Myanmar's ousted civilian leader Au...
Dec 06, 2021
