Author Archives: Syndicated Content
New Zealand joins regional effort to calm restive Solomon Islands
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand said on Wednesday that it will deploy military and police personnel in the Solomon Islands, joining efforts by Australia, Fiji and Papua New Guinea to help restore p...
Dec 01, 2021
European stocks seen reaching new records in 2022: Reuters poll
By Julien Ponthus and Danilo Masoni LONDON/MILAN (Reuters) - Uncertainty about the COVID-19 pandemic has not dented prospects for European stocks to hit record highs in 2022, boosted by a recovery in ...
Dec 01, 2021
Tennis: Australia’s vaccine mandate is not to ‘blackmail’ Djokovic – minister
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The Australian Open's COVID-19 vaccine mandate is about protecting the community, not about "blackmailing" Novak Djokovic, a state government official said on Wednesday. Organise...
Dec 01, 2021
Factbox-Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus
(Reuters) - China detected 91 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases with confirmed symptoms for Tuesday, marking the highest daily count since Nov. 2 and a significant jump from 21 cases a day earlier, a...
Dec 01, 2021
Sri Lanka orders probe into mystery cooking gas explosions
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's parliament convened a special committee on Wednesday to investigate dozens of unexplained cooking gas explosions and fires in kitchens around the c...
Dec 01, 2021
ANZ faces class action for “unfair” interest charged from credit card customers
(Reuters) - Australia and New Zealand Banking Group has been sued by a law firm for charging interest on some purchases by credit card holders which were repaid on time for nearly a decade, the partie...
Dec 01, 2021
Analysis-Japan keen to speed up digital yen launch as China adds geopolitical twist
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's new political leadership is calling on the country's financial bureaucrats to ramp up efforts toward issuing a digital currency, pointing to China's far quick...
Dec 01, 2021
Taliban, Myanmar junta unlikely to be let into U.N. for now – diplomats
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A United Nations committee meeting on Wednesday is unlikely to allow Afghanistan's Taliban or Myanmar's junta to represent their countries at the 193-mem...
Dec 01, 2021
Soccer: Chelsea manager Tuchel drops Christensen over contract delay
(Reuters) - Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel said he has dropped Andreas Christensen over the defender's reluctance to finalise a new contract with the London club. Christensen played 13 times for Chelse...
Dec 01, 2021
Taiwan seeks to work with new Honduras government as China looms
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan will work with the Honduran president-elect Xiomara Castro to deepen relations on the basis of their long-standing friendship with the country, the government said on Wednesd...
Nov 30, 2021
