Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Vietnam receives 2 million coronavirus vaccines as it tackles worst outbreak
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam has received the first shipment of 2 million doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine donated by the U.S. government, the American embassy in Hanoi said on Saturday, as the S...
Jul 10, 2021
Magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes near Rasht, Tajikistan – EMSC
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck 27 km (17 miles) east of Rasht in Tajikistan on Saturday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 40 ...
Jul 09, 2021
Heavy rain hits southern Japan, over 120,000 ordered to evacuate – NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan issued evacuation requests to more than 120,000 residents in some southern prefectures due to heavy rain on Saturday, NHK reported, just days after deadly landslides struck the...
Jul 09, 2021
Chinese antitrust regulator blocks Tencent’s video games merger
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's market regulator on Saturday said it decided to block Tencent Holdings Ltd's plan to merge the country's top two videogame streaming sites, Huya and DouYu on antitrust gr...
Jul 09, 2021
Soccer-Sensational Diaz winner gives Colombia third place in Copa
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Luis Diaz scored a second-half double, the second an unstoppable 25-metre strike in injury time, to give Colombia a 3-2 win over Peru on Friday and secure them third place in the ...
Jul 09, 2021
Australia’s New South Wales reports 2021 record daily rise in COVID-19 cases
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's most populous state, New South Wales, reported on Saturday its biggest daily rise in locally acquired cases of COVID-19 so far this year, as total infections in the l...
Jul 09, 2021
Mexican magnate wanted for tax fraud has left country, govt says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A prominent Mexican businessman who faces tax fraud charges left Mexico earlier this year, the government said on Friday. Miguel Aleman, a co-founder of budget airline Interjet...
Jul 09, 2021
Wreckage located of Boeing cargo jet that made emergency landing off Hawaii
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Investigators have located a Boeing 737-200 cargo jet that made an emergency water landing off the Hawaiian island of Oahu in the Pacific Ocean on July 2, th...
Jul 09, 2021
Haiti’s senate says its head should replace assassinated president
HAVANA (Reuters) - Haiti's senate, which currently comprises just a third of its usual 30 senators, nominated on Friday its head Joseph Lambert to be interim president after the assassination of Presi...
Jul 09, 2021
S.Korea reports third consecutive record high new COVID-19 cases -KDCA
By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea posted its highest-ever number of new daily COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said on Saturday, the th...
Jul 09, 2021
