Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. lawmakers press for action on maritime sexual assault allegations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday urged the Transportation Department to take action to address persistent allegations of rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment made by midshipme...
Oct 13, 2021
COVID-19 cases in Australia’s Victoria hit record daily high
SYDNEY (Reuters) - COVID-19 infections in Australia's Victoria hit a pandemic record on Thursday as Melbourne, the state capital, looks to exit its lockdown next week, several days ahead of plan, help...
Oct 13, 2021
Australia’s CSL reaffirms commitment to making AstraZeneca COVID vaccine
(Reuters) - Australian biotech CSL said on Thursday it was committed to its agreement for the production of about 50 million doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine into 2022. The announcement came af...
Oct 13, 2021
Rising German inflation calls for ‘noticeable wage gains’, union chief says
BERLIN (Reuters) - Rising inflation in Germany calls for "clearly noticeable real wage increases", the chairman of services sector trade union Verdi said in comments released on Thursday. German infla...
Oct 13, 2021
UK house price climb slows, homes shortage deepens – RICS
LONDON (Reuters) - British house price growth slowed slightly last month as a tax break on property purchases neared expiry, but a fall in the number of homes being put up for sale looks set to keep p...
Oct 13, 2021
Argentine stores to freeze some food prices for 90 days
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - The Argentine government said on Wednesday it struck a deal with retailers to freeze the prices of 1,247 food and household products for 90 days to combat inflation as the cou...
Oct 13, 2021
Japanese companies back Kishida’s plan for big fiscal stimulus: Reuters poll
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese firms overwhelmingly want the government to draw up an extra budget of $90 billion or more to ease the pain caused by COVID-19, a Reuters poll showed, i...
Oct 13, 2021
Tennis-Medvedev sent packing in fourth round of Indian Wells
(Reuters) - Daniil Medvedev was knocked out in the fourth round of Indian Wells by Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov on Wednesday as the world number two's near-flawless start turned nightmarish in a 4-6 6-4 ...
Oct 13, 2021
English school return spurred COVID in children, but cases fell in adults – study
By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - COVID-19 infections in children in England rose in September after schools returned from summer holidays, helping to keep cases high even as there was a fall among...
Oct 13, 2021
In Taiwan tea country, a scramble to adapt to extreme weather
By Ann Wang MEISHAN/TAOYUAN, Taiwan (Reuters) - Chien Shun-yih looks out over his withering tea fields in Taiwan's picturesque southern Meishan township and lets out a sigh. A once-in-a-century drough...
Oct 13, 2021
