Author Archives: Syndicated Content
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Strain on Tokyo hospitals severe Japan's capital Tokyo said on Thursday the strain on its medical system from the COVID-19 pan...
Dec 17, 2020
Alibaba facial recognition tech specifically picks out Uighur minority – report
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Technology giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has facial recognition technology which can specifically pick out members of China's Uighur minority, surveillance industry researcher I...
Dec 17, 2020
Twitter reverts to old retweet function after U.S. election
(Reuters) - Twitter Inc is reversing changes made to its retweet function intended to curb the spread of misinformation during the U.S. presidential election, the company said. The microblogging site ...
Dec 17, 2020
U.S. airlines closing in on new government assistance package
By David Shepardson and Tracy Rucinski WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. airlines are on the brink of receiving a four-month extension of a government assistance program that is expected to provide ...
Dec 17, 2020
India records 24,037 new coronavirus cases
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India reported 24,037 new coronavirus infections, taking its tally to 9.96 million, data from the health ministry showed on Thursday. This is the fourth straight day that daily case...
Dec 17, 2020
Heavy snowfall in Japan triggers power outages, isolates communities
TOKYO (Reuters) - Heavy snowfall in central Japan and along the northern coast isolated communities and cut off power to about 10,000 households, prompting the government to call an emergency meeting ...
Dec 17, 2020
Hong Kong take-private deals set to pick up pace after hitting three-year high in 2020
By Kane Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Deals to take Hong Kong-listed companies private are set to accelerate next year, having already hit a three-year peak in 2020, as family-owned and other businesses re...
Dec 17, 2020
Tokyo says COVID-19 strain on hospitals severe, raises alert to highest
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese capital of Tokyo said on Thursday the strain on its medical system from the COVID-19 pandemic was severe, raising its alert level to the highest of four stages as the nu...
Dec 17, 2020
Google staff demand exec step aside after ethicist’s firing – document
By Jeffrey Dastin and Paresh Dave (Reuters) - Staff on Google's Ethical AI research team on Wednesday demanded the company sideline a vice president and commit to greater academic freedom, escalating ...
Dec 16, 2020
Australian state violated human rights in COVID lockdown-report
SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian state's decision to lockdown more than 3,000 people in public housing towers to contain a second COVID-19 outbreak was not based on direct health advice and violated h...
Dec 16, 2020
