Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Biden pick for defense secretary in spotlight amid concerns over military background
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday will formally introduce his pick for defense secretary, retired Army General Lloyd Austin, amid concern from some in Congress that the P...
Dec 09, 2020
Police list gives insight into detention system in China’s Xinjiang: group
BEIJING (Reuters) - A leaked list of more than 2,000 ethnic Uighur detainees in China's Xinjiang suggests the government used an expansive data collection project to arbitrarily detain Uighurs in the ...
Dec 09, 2020
Indonesia holds regional polls under shadow of rising COVID-19 cases
By Stanley Widianto and Yuddy Cahya Budiman JAKARTA/DEPOK, Indonesia (Reuters) -Indonesians streamed into polling stations to vote in regional elections on Wednesday, with health experts warning of th...
Dec 09, 2020
Ethiopia’s war risks leaving manufacturing dreams in tatters
By Ruma Paul, Anna Ringstrom and Joe Bavier ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - When Bangladeshi textile firm DBL set up shop in Ethiopia two years ago, the African nation was the garment industry's bright new fr...
Dec 09, 2020
UAE says Sinopharm vaccine has 86% efficacy against COVID-19
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates health ministry said on Wednesday an interim analysis of in-country Phase III clinical trials of Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine has 86% efficacy against the in...
Dec 09, 2020
Amazon eyes potential $100 million investment in India’s Apollo Pharmacy: ET
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is considering a nearly $100 million investment in India's pharmacy chain Apollo Pharmacy, facing up to Reliance Industries Ltd and Tata Group in the country's fas...
Dec 09, 2020
China to improve green finance standards to support carbon neutrality goal: central bank head
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will improve its green finance standards to support carbon neutrality objectives, central bank governor Yi Gang said on Wednesday. China will strengthen its study on the pote...
Dec 09, 2020
In conservative Indonesia, a gay ex-policeman takes his battle to court
By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - The first gay Indonesian policeman to sue the conservative country's police force for wrongful dismissal due to sexual orientation was back in courts this week,...
Dec 09, 2020
Hong Kong activist Agnes Chow denied bail after landmark sentencing
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow was denied bail on Wednesday pending an appeal against her 10-month jail sentence on charges related to unauthorised assembly during a...
Dec 08, 2020
Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 20,815: RKI
BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 20,815 to 1,218,524, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Wednesday. The rep...
Dec 08, 2020
