Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Thai students pose with ‘dissidents’ in graduation protest
By Juarawee Kittisilpa and Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) - Some students at Thailand's Thammasat University posed with cardboard cutouts of well-known critics of the monarchy on Saturday in a ...
Oct 31, 2020
Airport transfer Blacklane bets on intercity trips to revive COVID-hit business
BERLIN (Reuters) - German chauffeur service Blacklane, specialised in airport transfers, is looking to tap into demand for relatively safe intercity travel to grow revenue hit by COVID-19 which also d...
Oct 31, 2020
Ukraine reports record daily high new coronavirus cases
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine registered a record 8,752 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the national security council said on Saturday, up from 8,312 cases on Friday. Total infections stood at 387...
Oct 31, 2020
China suspends imports from Ecuadorian company after coronavirus found on seafood packaging
BEIJING (Reuters) - China suspended imports from FIREXPA S.A., an Ecuadorian seafood product manufacturer, after the novel coronavirus was found on the packaging of a batch of imported frozen fish, ac...
Oct 31, 2020
UK reduces coronavirus testing target: FT
(Reuters) - The British government has scaled back its end-of-year coronavirus testing target to around 1 million a day from almost 2 million, the Financial Times reported on Saturday, citing people f...
Oct 31, 2020
Australia’s Melbourne enjoys first weekend out of lockdown as COVID-19 cases dwindle
By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Residents in Australia's second largest city of Melbourne on Saturday enjoyed their first weekend of relative freedom after an almost four-month lockdown as corona...
Oct 31, 2020
New Zealand PM Ardern to announce government on November 2
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Saturday she will announce her new government on Monday after offering the Green Party two ministerial portfolios outside of cab...
Oct 31, 2020
Hong Kong media boss distances himself from contentious Hunter Biden-China report
(Reuters) - Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai said he personally had "nothing to do with" a report on alleged China business links of the son of U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden, but admitted fund...
Oct 31, 2020
U.S. reports world record of more than 100,000 COVID-19 cases in single day
By Anurag Maan (Reuters) - The United States set a new all-time high for coronavirus cases confirmed in a single 24-hour period on Friday, reporting just over 100,000 new infections to surpass the rec...
Oct 31, 2020
In Frida Kahlo’s old home, Day of the Dead ‘offering’ honors artists felled by pandemics
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A traditional Day of the Dead "offering" in Frida Kahlo's iconic home in Mexico City has taken on a wider artistic homage, with an exhibition helped by French designer Jean Pau...
Oct 31, 2020
