Author Archives: Syndicated Content
India’s Modi urges farmers to end protests over agriculture laws
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged farmers to end their over two-month long protest against agricultural reforms, assuring them that a mechanism of floor prices for...
Feb 08, 2021
LG Display raises investment at Vietnam factory by $750 million to $3.25 billion: media
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam has awarded a licence to South Korea's LG Display Co. to raise its investment in the country's northern port city of Haiphong by $750 million to $3.25 billion, local media re...
Feb 08, 2021
Former champion Kerber rues hard quarantine after early exit
By Nick Mulvenney MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Former champion Angelique Kerber made an early exit from the Australian Open on Monday and said spending two weeks in hard quarantine ahead of the Grand Slam ha...
Feb 08, 2021
Losers cheque worth the journey, says Zidansek
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) - After a long-haul flight from Abu Dhabi and two weeks quarantine in Melbourne, Tamara Zidansek's Australian Open singles tournament lasted just 81 minutes when the ...
Feb 08, 2021
Vietnam culls 100,000 poultry as bird flu outbreaks spread
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam has culled more 100,000 poultry so far this year in a bid to contain the spread of bird flu in the Southeast Asian country, the government said on Monday. The country has rep...
Feb 08, 2021
Relief Therapeutics says data from COVID drug trial to emerge this month
ZURICH (Reuters) - Relief Therapeutics Holding expects top-line data from a trial of RLF-100 used intravenously in patients with COVID-19 to be released this month, the Swiss company said on Monday. "...
Feb 08, 2021
SoftBank posts third-quarter profit gain of 20 times, beating estimates
TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp on Monday reported that third quarter net profit ballooned more than 20 times, beating estimates, driven by recovery at its Vision Fund unit. October-December net...
Feb 08, 2021
Transports of delight: Chinese get a taste of home for Lunar New Year
By Emily Chow and Sophie Yu SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese unable to re-unite with loved ones this Lunar New Year are sending them a taste of home instead, using food packages to bridge the distance, as...
Feb 08, 2021
Australia calls for immediate release of economist detained in Myanmar
By Colin Packham CANBERRA (Reuters) - Myanmar authorities should immediately release Sean Turnell, an economist and adviser to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, following his weekend arrest, Australia'...
Feb 08, 2021
Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus
(Reuters) - Australia on Monday moved to reassure its citizens over the efficacy of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine after South Africa suspended use of the shot as data showed it offered limited protec...
Feb 08, 2021
