Author Archives: Syndicated Content
North Korea cracks down on foreign media, speaking styles
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea is imposing stiff fines or prison for anyone caught enjoying South Korean entertainment or copying the way South Koreans speak as leader Kim Jong Un steps u...
Jan 19, 2021
Analysis: China’s would-be chip darling Tsinghua Unigroup bedevilled by debt and bad bets
By Josh Horwitz SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Tsinghua Unigroup, a Chinese conglomerate that has long sought to become a semiconductor powerhouse, is now caught between a rock and a hard place as debt woes mou...
Jan 19, 2021
Trump expected to pardon former adviser Bannon: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to grant clemency to former White House aide Steve Bannon as part of a wave of pardons and commutations he will issue during his final ho...
Jan 19, 2021
South Korea may secure additional COVID-19 vaccines from Novavax, Moon says
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea may secure additional coronavirus vaccines for 20 million people from U.S. drugmaker Novavax Inc, President Moon Jae-in said, according to a statement from the presidenti...
Jan 19, 2021
China deploys 16 rescue teams to save stricken gold miners
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China has deployed 16 professional rescue teams and dozens of medical personnel to try to save 12 miners trapped underground for 10 days after an explosion in a gold mine in north...
Jan 19, 2021
U.S. EPA grants three biofuel waivers to refiners before Trump leaves office
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday granted three waivers to oil refiners that exempt them from U.S. biofuel blending obligations, a last-...
Jan 19, 2021
Taiwan cancels more events as local COVID-19 cases rise
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan has canceled or postponed more large-scale events after a rare outbreak of domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases connected to a hospital, where the military has been sent t...
Jan 19, 2021
FCC rejects request by U.S. agencies to halt Ligado network approval
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission late Tuesday voted 3-2 to reject a bid by U.S. government agencies to freeze its decision to allow Ligado Networks to deploy a nationwide n...
Jan 19, 2021
Japan says vaccination schedule for broader population undecided
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's top government spokesman said on Wednesday that the timeline for vaccinating the broader population against the coronavirus would be decided and disclosed to the public after...
Jan 19, 2021
IMF board oks $2.7 billion line of credit to Panama for pandemic fallout
(Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a $2.7 billion line of credit for Panama to address the coronavirus pandemic, the lender said in a statement on Tuesday. The IMF's execut...
Jan 19, 2021
