Author Archives: Syndicated Content
India’s Bopanna gets doubles boost with new Australian Open partner
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - India's Rohan Bopanna will emerge from his 14-day quarantine in Melbourne later on Saturday with a spring in his step after his quest for a new doubles partner for next month's A...
Jan 30, 2021
Taiwan reports first COVID-19 death in eight months, from local cluster
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's government on Saturday reported the island's first death from COVID-19 since May, as it battles a small and unusual outbreak of locally transmitted cases. A woman in her 80...
Jan 30, 2021
No complaints but quarantine differentials were a mistake: Zverev
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Alexander Zverev has no complaints about being forced into quarantine ahead of the Australian Open but believes allowing top players like Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal more salubrio...
Jan 30, 2021
Myanmar military says it will protect and follow constitution
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's military on Saturday said it would protect and abide by the country's constitution and act according to law, amid concerns in the country that the armed forces might attem...
Jan 30, 2021
Former doubles specialist Boe to coach Indian duo ahead of Tokyo Games
(Reuters) - Indian doubles pair Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy have roped in Denmark's former Olympic silver medallist Mathias Boe as their new coach in the lead up to this year's Tokyo Gam...
Jan 30, 2021
Hong Kong official says Joint Declaration gave Britain no rights to city post handover
By Kane Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong Secretary of Justice Teresa Cheng reiterated on Saturday that Britain had no rights over the city under the joint declaration that laid the blueprint for how...
Jan 30, 2021
Robinhood says it temporarily curbed buying of some securities as deposit requirement increased ten-fold
(Reuters) - Online broker Robinhood, one of the hottest venues in this week's retail-trading frenzy, said it put temporary buying restrictions on a small number of securities as clearing house-mandate...
Jan 30, 2021
Protesting Indian farmers begin hunger strike after week of clashes
By Alasdair Pal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian farmers began a one-day hunger strike on Saturday in protest against new agricultural laws after a week of clashes with authorities that left one dead and ...
Jan 30, 2021
Bangladesh sends more Rohingya refugees to remote island despite criticism
By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - More than 1,400 Rohingya Muslim refugees set sail for a remote island in the Bay of Bengal on Saturday, a Bangladesh navy official said, despite opposition from rights g...
Jan 30, 2021
U.S. CDC issues federal transportation mask mandate effective February 1
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an order late Friday requiring masks in interstate transportation and at transit hubs, including airplanes, mass trans...
Jan 30, 2021
