Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan’s Sapporo downsizes running event as virus cases rise
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese city of Sapporo, host of marathon and race walk events at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, has downsized a test running event due to be held early next month as coronavi...
Apr 19, 2021
Cross-border drug trafficking cases nearly doubled in four years -EU agency
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The number of cross-border drug trafficking cases referred to the European agency for prosecutorial cooperation nearly doubled in four years to 562 in 2020, partly driven by a hu...
Apr 19, 2021
Archery-South Korea pull out from World Cup due to COVID-19 restrictions
(Reuters) - South Korea will skip all three stages of the Archery World Cup as COVID-19 travel restrictions would impact their preparations ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, World Archery has confirmed. So...
Apr 19, 2021
FDA tells Emergent plant behind botched COVID-19 vaccines to stop manufacturing
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has asked Emergent BioSolutions Inc to stop manufacturing new drug material at its plant in Baltimore, which was responsible for millions of ruined CO...
Apr 19, 2021
India’s Modi scorned over reckless rallies, religious gathering amid virus mayhem
By Krishna N. Das and Aftab Ahmed NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Many Indians are pillorying Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his response to a scary surge in coronavirus cases, sickened by him addressing ten...
Apr 19, 2021
NASA’s Mars helicopter makes history with successful flight on Red Planet
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - NASA's miniature robot helicopter Ingenuity performed a successful takeoff and landing on Mars early on Monday, achieving the first powered, controlled flight by an aircraft ov...
Apr 19, 2021
Hunger-striking Navalny being transferred to hospital
By Anton Zverev MOSCOW (Reuters) - Prison doctors have decided to transfer Russia's main opposition leader Alexei Navalny to hospital, its prison authority said on Monday, 20 days into a hunger strike...
Apr 19, 2021
Local uprisings emerge to challenge Myanmar’s army
By Devjyot Ghoshal and Chanchinmawia (Reuters) - Sleeping by their makeshift barricades, knots of young men at Tahan in the western Myanmar town of Kale had not expected an attack in the pre-dawn dark...
Apr 19, 2021
Coca-Cola revenue rises past estimates on easing pandemic curbs
(Reuters) -Coca-Cola Co trounced Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue on Monday, fueled by strong demand for its beverages from the gradual reopening of restaurants and cinema theaters followin...
Apr 19, 2021
Exclusive: Fearing foreclosure crisis, U.S. watchdog cracks down on mortgage servicers
By Koh Gui Qing, Katanga Johnson and Chris Prentice NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. consumer watchdog is scrutinizing mortgage servicers' compliance with pandemic relief programs amid concern...
Apr 19, 2021
