Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Australia on track to record zero COVID-19 cases for second straight day
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia is on course to record its second straight day of zero local COVID-19 cases, helped by tougher restrictions on public movement and internal borders, but authorities contin...
Jan 14, 2021
China’s lockdown-wary cities urge migrant workers to avoid New Year trip home
By Stella Qiu and Gabriel Crossley BEIJING (Reuters) - Fearing COVID cases, lost profits and possible lockdowns, China's local governments and humming factories are offering a slew of incentives to pe...
Jan 14, 2021
Olympics: Japan to ban entry of foreign athletes during virus emergency
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will temporarily suspend exemptions allowing foreign athletes to train in the country ahead of the Summer Olympics, Kyodo News reported, as it closes its borders to contain a s...
Jan 14, 2021
Asia shares inch up as U.S. stimulus hopes boost sentiment
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian shares rose on Friday, brushing off a late Wall Street dip as expectations of large U.S. stimulus under President-elect Joe Biden shored up sentiment while oil prices perked...
Jan 14, 2021
China reports most daily COVID-19 cases in over 10 months
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported the highest number of daily COVID-19 cases in more than 10 months, official data showed on Friday, due to a severe outbreak in the northeast that has put mo...
Jan 14, 2021
Three dead, 24 injured after strong quake in Indonesia’s Sulawesi
JAKARTA (Reuters) - At least three people have died and 24 been injured after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's Sulawesi island, the country's disaster mitigation agency said in a statemen...
Jan 14, 2021
Do not break with Merkel, Bavarian leader warns before CDU leadership vote
BERLIN (Reuters) - Breaking with Chancellor Angela Merkel's policies is not the way to win Germany's federal election in September, the leader of her Bavarian sister party said as her Christian Democr...
Jan 14, 2021
Congress intelligence, security panels to probe lapses before U.S. Capitol rampage
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Congressional Intelligence and Homeland Security oversight committees are opening investigations into why federal and local law enforcement agencies did n...
Jan 14, 2021
New York City’s FY 2022 budget gap grows to $5.25 billion
(Reuters) - A decline in property tax revenue related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has punched a bigger hole in the upcoming budget for New York City, which needs Democrats in control of the Wh...
Jan 14, 2021
Analysis: Biden’s $1.9 trillion rescue package offers bridge for hard-hit economy
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's proposal to pour $1.9 trillion into a hobbled economy could lay the foundation for a surge in jobs and spending that many economists say is n...
Jan 14, 2021
