Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Tokyo 2020 organisers want composer who apologised for bullying to stay on
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo 2020 organisers said on Monday they wanted Olympic composer Keigo Oyamada, who described in a magazine decades ago how he had bullied his classmates but apologised later, to st...
Jul 19, 2021
American duo sentenced to prison by Tokyo court for helping Ghosn flee Japan
TOKYO (Reuters) - A Tokyo court on Monday sentenced U.S. Army Special Forces veteran Michael Taylor to two years in prison and his son to one year and eight months for helping former Nissan Motor Co L...
Jul 19, 2021
Indonesian soup kitchen brings food to COVID-19 patients stuck at home
By Tommy Ardiansyah JAKARTA (Reuters) - As coronavirus surges in the Indonesian capital, volunteers like Badi Mulyaman are pitching in to help, delivering food to people who have tested positive but a...
Jul 19, 2021
India reports 38,164 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours
(Reuters) - India reported on Monday 38,164 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, data from health ministry showed, with deaths rising by 499, lowest in over three months. (Reporting by Ankur Baner...
Jul 18, 2021
Tokyo 2020 sponsor Toyota withdraws Olympics-related TV commercials -Yomiuri
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo 2020 sponsor Toyota will not air Olympics-related TV commercials, the daily Yomiuri reported a senior company executive as saying on Monday. "The Olympics is becoming an event ...
Jul 18, 2021
S.Korea military suffers worst COVID-19 outbreak aboard anti-piracy ship off Africa
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's military has recorded in biggest cluster of COVID-19 infections to date, with more than 80% of personnel aboard a destroyer on anti-piracy patrol in the G...
Jul 18, 2021
China approves 7 fixed-asset investment projects worth $6 billion in June
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's state planner in June approved seven fixed-asset investment projects worth 38.9 billion yuan ($6.00 billion), it said on Monday. China's economic recovery still faces diffi...
Jul 18, 2021
Olympics-Swimming-CAS clears Russia’s Kudashev, Andrusenko to compete at Games
(Reuters) - The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed cases against Russian swimmers Alexandr Kudashev and Veronika Andrusenko on Monday after they had been suspended for suspected anti-dopin...
Jul 18, 2021
Two more Texas Democrats who fled to DC test positive for COVID-19
(Reuters) - Two more members of a Texas Democratic Party delegation of lawmakers who fled their state delaying passage of what they say are restrictive voting laws have tested positive for COVID-19, o...
Jul 18, 2021
Athletics-Ultramarathon Man Karnazes thriving on new challenges
By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) - As one of the most accomplished endurance athletes of all time, a man who knocked off 50 marathons in 50 U.S. states in 50 days, it is somehow reassuring to the me...
Jul 18, 2021
