Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Tennis-Australian Open players to be shifted to new quarantine hotel
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian Open organisers have been forced to tear up a quarantine accommodation plan for international players a month before the Grand Slam following a threat of...
Jan 04, 2021
Assange ‘free to return home’ once legal challenges over, Australia PM says
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Julian Assange is "free to return home" to Australia once legal challenges against him are dealt with, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday, after a UK court denied a reque...
Jan 04, 2021
Japan PM tells party meeting emergency declaration will be decided on Thursday -media
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Tuesday told a ruling party meeting a state of emergency declaration for Tokyo and the surrounding area would be decided on Thursday, local ...
Jan 04, 2021
Saudi foreign minister holds talks with Kuwaiti counterpart – SPA
CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi foreign minister Faisal bin Farhan AL-saud discussed, by phone with his Kuwaiti counterpart Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah, relations between the two countries and common re...
Jan 04, 2021
“Premature” to change authorized COVID-19 vaccines dosing, schedules, FDA says
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Monday that the idea of changing the authorized dosing or schedules of COVID-19 vaccines was premature and not supported by the available data...
Jan 04, 2021
Stemirna COVID-19 vaccine candidate obtains clinical trial approval in China
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - A COVID-19 vaccine candidate from Chinese firm Stemirna Therapeutics obtains approval to conduct human testing from China's medical products regulator, the firm's partner...
Jan 04, 2021
Kimmel, Corden take shows back home as Hollywood urged to halt filming
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - James Corden and Jimmy Kimmel are taking their late night talk shows back home due to a surge in coronavirus cases in the Los Angeles area that has brought calls for production...
Jan 04, 2021
Mexico approves AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, minister says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health regulator Cofepris has approved the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca, Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Monday. "The emerge...
Jan 04, 2021
Motor racing-Australian Grand Prix schedule under ‘discussion’ -govt spokesman
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian Grand Prix organisers and officials are discussing the schedule for the race with Formula One management, a government spokesman said on Tuesday, amid speculation the ...
Jan 04, 2021
Dollar gets respite as virus surge, Georgia runoffs curb risk sentiment
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar found support as concerns about surging COVID-19 cases and uncertainty about U.S. runoff elections in Georgia fueled demand for safer assets. The greenba...
Jan 04, 2021
