Author Archives: Syndicated Content
NBA postpones Wednesday’s Bulls-Grizzlies game
The NBA has postponed this week's game between the Chicago Bulls and Memphis Grizzlies, which initially had been scheduled for Wednesday. The league announced the decision because of COVID-19 issues w...
Syndicated Content Jan 24, 2021
Former Trump White House press secretary plans to run for governor of Arkansas: source
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders will announce plans on Monday to run for governor of Arkansas, a source familiar with the situat...
Syndicated Content Jan 24, 2021
Dollar firm as economic, pandemic gloom damp risk appetite
By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar held ground against riskier currencies on Monday as weak economic data from Europe and fresh worries about the coronavirus supported investor demand for s...
Syndicated Content Jan 24, 2021
Indonesia’s coast guard seizes Iranian and Panamanian tankers
Jakarta (Reuters) - Indonesia said on Sunday its coast guard had seized the Iranian-flagged MT Horse and the Panamanian-flagged MT Freya vessels over suspected illegal fuel transfers off the country's...
Syndicated Content Jan 24, 2021
Stolen but not silent: Indigenous Australians protest national celebrations
By Jill Gralow and Cordelia Hsu SYDNEY (Reuters) - As Australia prepares for its national day of festivities on Jan. 26, Indigenous woman Rita Wright will be protesting the celebrations at a march in ...
Syndicated Content Jan 24, 2021
Makers of Sophia the robot plan mass rollout amid pandemic
By Michelle Hennessy HONG KONG (Reuters) - "Social robots like me can take care of the sick or elderly," Sophia says as she conducts a tour of her lab in Hong Kong. "I can help communicate, give thera...
Syndicated Content Jan 24, 2021
U.S. rejoins fight against climate change at high level summit
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The United States will mark its return to the global fight against climate change on Monday by joining high level talks on ways to better protect people and economies from the ef...
Syndicated Content Jan 24, 2021
Hong Kong lifts lockdown in Kowloon district after testing 7,000 people
HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Hong Kong government lifted a lockdown in an area of Kowloon district in the early hours of Monday after testing about 7,000 people for coronavirus to curb an outbreak in the...
Syndicated Content Jan 24, 2021
China’s daily COVID cases rise, driven by previously asymptomatic patients
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China reported a climb in new COVID-19 cases driven by a spike in infections among previously symptomless patients in northeastern Jilin province, official data showed on Monday, ...
Syndicated Content Jan 24, 2021
Year on from urging delay, Greece’s Stefanidi supports Games in 2021: Kyodo
TOKYO (Reuters) - Gold medallist pole vaulter Katerina Stefanidi, a vocal proponent for postponing the Tokyo Games last year, is backing the Games to be held this July, with or without spectators. Bef...
Syndicated Content Jan 24, 2021

