Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China welcomes WHO-led trip to investigate COVID-19, WHO official says
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Thursday that China had welcomed an international team of investigators into COVID-19 expected to travel to the country in early January. Ba...
Dec 16, 2020
Genius Media, The Nation sue Google in advertising antitrust lawsuit
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Online publishers including Genius Media Group and news website The Nation alleged in a lawsuit seeking class-action status on Wednesday that Alphabet Inc's ...
Dec 16, 2020
Fiji under curfew, state of disaster as Cyclone Yasa approaches
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Fiji government ordered a nationwide curfew on Thursday, including a ban on public transportation, with a potentially devastating cyclone expected to unleash powerful winds and ...
Dec 16, 2020
Singapore’s foodie “hawker” culture given UNESCO recognition
By Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's tradition of communal dining at hawker centres, open air food courts popularised by celebrity chefs and hit films such as 'Crazy Rich Asians', has been re...
Dec 16, 2020
S.Korea reports record daily rise in coronavirus deaths
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea reported a record number of coronavirus deaths on Thursday as the country's largest wave of infections strains hospitals and contact tracers. The Korea Disease Control an...
Dec 16, 2020
Tennis-Australian Open to start on Feb. 8 – ATP
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The Australian Open will start on Feb. 8, three weeks later than scheduled, the ATP Tour said in releasing an update of its calendar for 2021 revising the first seven weeks of th...
Dec 16, 2020
Golf-Johnson masters annus horribilis to return to the top
By Simon Jennings (Reuters) - While 2020 was an annus horribilis for the vast majority of people, Dustin Johnson was a rare exception. In the year COVID-19 brought the world to its knees, the American...
Dec 16, 2020
Chiefs shine, athlete-activists take center stage in year of change
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) - The Kansas City Chiefs broke their 50-year Super Bowl drought in February before the NFL embarked on a 2020 like no other year before that saw the league navigate the COVID-...
Dec 16, 2020
Japan review of Avigan says efficacy for COVID-19 treatment inconclusive -Kyodo
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese health authorities say it is difficult to determine the efficacy of Fujifilm Holdings Corp's antiviral drug Avigan as a treatment for COVID-19, Kyodo News reported on Thursd...
Dec 16, 2020
Japanese regional bank spearheads drive for greener finance
By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO (Reuters) - In a country only starting to embrace green finance, a small lender based near picturesque Lake Biwa, Japan's largest freshwater lake, is making the...
Dec 16, 2020
