Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Czech PM to represent Poland at EU summit: PAP
WARSAW (Reuters) - Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis will represent Warsaw at the European Union summit on Thursday and Friday, as Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki continues quarantine, Pola...
Oct 15, 2020
Former London marathon winner Wanjiru gets four-year ban
(Reuters) - Kenyan Daniel Wanjiru, the 2017 London Marathon winner, has been banned for four years due to an Athlete Biological Passport violation, the sport's independent Athletics Integrity Unit (AI...
Oct 15, 2020
China angered as U.S. names human rights envoy for Tibet
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - China accused the United States on Thursday of seeking to destabilise Tibet, after the Trump administration appointed a senior human rights official as special coordinat...
Oct 15, 2020
COVID-19 surge demands shift to cheaper, less accurate tests, says Roche
ZURICH (Reuters) - Surging COVID-19 cases globally will necessitate a shift to more testing with cheap, less-accurate antigen tests because more-accurate molecular, or PCR, tests are in short supply, ...
Oct 15, 2020
China threatens countermeasures for U.S. sanctions warning to banks over Hong Kong
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry said that China will take countermeasures if the United States insists on going down the wrong path, when asked about a U.S. warning to banks over the crac...
Oct 15, 2020
For isolated tribe, Philippine rickshaw brings learning amid pandemic
By Adrian Portugual and Eloisa Lopez PORAC, Philippines (Reuters) - When the pandemic shut Philippine schools, a group of teachers living near the indigenous Aeta people became so concerned about the ...
Oct 15, 2020
Dutch telecom KPN picks Ericsson over Huawei for 5G network
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - KPN has chosen Sweden's Ericsson to build core elements of its new 5G mobile network following a decision last year not to select China's Huawei, the Dutch telecoms company said ...
Oct 15, 2020
U.N. rights official urges easing of North Korea sanctions over coronavirus strain
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - A U.N. human rights official has called on the international community to urgently consider lifting sanctions on North Korea that may be worsening problems from its cor...
Oct 15, 2020
Russia reports 13,754 new coronavirus cases, daily record high of 286 deaths
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Thursday recorded 13,754 new coronavirus cases and a record high of 286 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the national death toll to 23,491. With 1,354,163 infections, ...
Oct 15, 2020
HK media tycoon Jimmy Lai says police raided his private office
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai said police raided his private offices earlier on Thursday, months after he was arrested on suspicion of violating the...
Oct 15, 2020
