Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Zimbabwe foreign minister dies from COVID-19: spokesman
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's foreign minister, Sibusiso Moyo, has died after contracting COVID-19, presidential spokesman George Charamba said on Wednesday. Moyo, a former army general who rose to na...
Jan 20, 2021
Thai royalists launch political party to protect monarchy
BANGKOK (Reuters) - An ultra royalist group in Thailand launched a new political party on Wednesday to defend King Maha Vajiralongkorn, amid unprecedented calls for reform of the monarchy by a youth-l...
Jan 20, 2021
Dam down, water supplies failing in Ethiopia’s conflict-hit Tigray
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Clean water supplies are running short in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region where a conflict has left infrastructure damaged and looted, equipment stolen and a dam inoperative, a s...
Jan 20, 2021
China worries about lagging consumption as broader economy shakes off COVID
By Gabriel Crossley and Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) - China will be looking to tweak its economic policies to get consumers to spend more, policy advisers in Beijing said after retail sales emerged as...
Jan 20, 2021
Australian woman returns serve on tennis stars unhappy in quarantine
By Cordelia Hsu SYDNEY (Reuters) - Some of the world's top tennis players are criticizing Australia's strict hotel quarantine rules ahead of the Australian Open tournament next month, but entrepreneur...
Jan 20, 2021
UK stars from Ed Sheeran to Elton John raise alarm over post-Brexit music tours
LONDON (Reuters) - More than 100 British musicians, from pop and rock idols including Ed Sheeran, Sting and Pink Floyd's Roger Waters to classical stars such as conductor Simon Rattle, have said tours...
Jan 20, 2021
South Korea’s LG considering all options for loss-making mobiles
By Heekyong Yang and Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's LG Electronics said on Wednesday it was considering all options for its loss-making mobile division, which analysts said could include sh...
Jan 20, 2021
Luxury stocks, ASML lift European shares in early trading
(Reuters) - European stocks rose on Wednesday after Swiss luxury group Richemont and chip equipment maker ASML gave encouraging earnings updates, while investors hoped for a big U.S. fiscal relief pac...
Jan 20, 2021
Silicon Valley CEOs cannot lay down the law, EU chief says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's chief executive hailed on Wednesday as a new dawn Joe Biden's term as U.S. president but warned that the bloc would strive to regulate American technology com...
Jan 20, 2021
Google investigates ethical AI team member over handling of sensitive data
By Maria Ponnezhath (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google is investigating a member of its ethical AI team and has locked the corporate account linked to that person after finding that thousands of files ...
Jan 20, 2021
