Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Funeral send-off held for late Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee
SEOUL (Reuters) - The family of late Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee held a funeral ceremony on Wednesday for the patriarch, whose death on Sunday threw into question the control of the chipm...
Oct 27, 2020
Mexico passes 900,000 confirmed coronavirus cases
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry reported on Tuesday 5,942 additional cases of the novel coronavirus and 643 more deaths in the country, bringing the official number of cases to 901,26...
Oct 27, 2020
South Korea’s conscripted doctors feel like ‘human shields’ in virus battle
By Ju-min Park OKCHEON, South Korea (Reuters) - As the coronavirus pandemic began sweeping through South Korea late in February, doctor Nam Ha-jong received an order to report overnight to Daegu, a ci...
Oct 27, 2020
Mainland China reports most new COVID-19 cases in more than two months
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Mainland China reported 42 new COVID-19 cases on Oct. 27, the highest daily toll in more than two months due to a rise in infections in the northwestern Xinjiang region, the count...
Oct 27, 2020
Djokovic, Thiem prevail in Vienna
Top-seeded Novak Djokovic recorded eight aces while defeating fellow Serbian Filip Krajinovic 7-6 (6), 6-3 in the opening round of the Erste Bank Open in Vienna, Austria. Djokovic delivered 39 winners...
Oct 27, 2020
Australia’s Afterpay first-quarter sales more than double on U.S. growth
By Nikhil Nainan (Reuters) - Australia's Afterpay Ltd said on Wednesday underlying sales in the first-quarter more than doubled, helped by strong growth in the United States where the buy-now-pay-late...
Oct 27, 2020
English COVID data patchy, researchers say, as new dashboard launched
LONDON (Reuters) - There are significant problems with the availability and quality of COVID-19 data in England, British researchers said on Wednesday as they launched a dashboard to help make sense o...
Oct 27, 2020
Trump website defaced, campaign working with law enforcement: statement
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The presidential campaign of Donald Trump says its official website was defaced earlier on Tuesday and that it is working with law enforcement to investigate t...
Oct 27, 2020
Euro edges lower on report of coronavirus lockdown for France
By Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) - The euro fell against the dollar on Wednesday after a media report that France's government is leaning toward reinstating a national lockdown to curb a resurgence in...
Oct 27, 2020
UK Vaccines Taskforce Chair says early COVID-19 vaccines may be imperfect: The Lancet
(Reuters) - UK Vaccines Taskforce Chair Kate Bingham said on Tuesday that the first generation of COVID-19 vaccines "is likely to be imperfect" and that they "might not work for everyone". "However, w...
Oct 27, 2020
