Author Archives: Syndicated Content

(Reuters) - China is delivering two million COVID-19 vaccine shots to Myanmar this week to help fight a growing outbreak in the border area, officials said, as a spike in infections in the Southeast A...

By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Aaron Saldanha (Reuters) - The semiconductor shortage that has gripped the world could last well into 2022 and hit smartphone production next, foreshadowing deficient sup...

By John O'Donnell and Tom Sims BAD MUENSTEREIFEL, Germany (Reuters) - Bad Muenstereifel's transformation from picturesque but sleepy German tourist town into an outlet shopping centre put it on the ma...

TOKYO (Reuters) - All 29 athletes in the Olympic refugee team will march behind the Olympic flag at the Tokyo Games opening ceremony on Friday, an organiser said, to represent the more than 82 million...

(Reuters) - Five beach volleyball players to watch out for at the Tokyo Olympics: ANDERS MOL (NORWAY) Norway's Mol, who has teamed up with Christian Sorum, is considered an emerging powerhouse with hi...

By Karolos Grohmann TOKYO (Reuters) - Opposition to the International Olympic Committee's ban on podium protests at the Tokyo Games intensified on Friday with more than 150 athletes, academics and soc...

PARIS (Reuters) - European Central Bank member Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Friday it was totally justified to keep an accommodative monetary policy for now. Villeroy, who is also the governor ...

By Emily Chow ZHENGZHOU, China (Reuters) - Disaster recovery in rain-battered Zhengzhou in central China moved up a gear on Friday as floodwaters that deluged the city of 12 million began to recede, h...

(Reuters) - Focus on judo at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics: THE ABSOLUTE BASICS * Men and women compete in seven weight categories, ranging from under 60kg to over 100kg for men, and under 48kg to over 78kg...

By Mitch Phillips TOKYO (Reuters) - Former European 400 metres hurdles champion Kariem Hussein is out of the Tokyo Olympics after the Swiss athlete was given a nine-month doping suspension, officials ...