Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan PM Suga under fire for year-end dinners as coronavirus cases mount
By Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has drawn criticism for joining end of year social gatherings after imploring residents to avoid such parties as the country see...
Dec 15, 2020
Bird flu spreads to a quarter of Japan prefectures
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's worst bird flu outbreak on record spread to new farms this week and has been found in around a quarter of the country's 47 prefectures, with officials ordering more cullings....
Dec 15, 2020
New Zealand inquiry finds 253,000 children and adults abused in state and faith-based care
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Up to a quarter of a million children, young people and vulnerable adults were abused in New Zealand's faith-based and state care institutions in the past sever...
Dec 15, 2020
NFL says no local bubbles for playoffs
The NFL issued a memo Tuesday night informing teams they will not be allowed to force players and personnel to stay in a localized bubble during the upcoming postseason. The decision keeps in place th...
Dec 15, 2020
China reduces items on the negative list for market access
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has further reduced the number of sectors and industries that are off-limits to both Chinese and foreign investors in its latest so-called negative list for market access. Th...
Dec 15, 2020
SMIC says board aware co-CEO Liang intends to resign
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's biggest chipmaker SMIC said on Wednesday its board is aware that Mong-song Liang intends to resign from the co-CEO role. The company is working actively to verify Liang's...
Dec 15, 2020
Tom Cruise rants at ‘Mission: Impossible’ crew in London over COVID safety
(Note: graphic language in paragraph four) LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tom Cruise let rip over an apparent breach of COVID-19 safety protocols on the London set of the new "Mission: Impossible" movie, tel...
Dec 15, 2020
FDA authorizes first over-the-counter COVID-19 antigen test
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug administration on Tuesday authorized emergency use of the first over-the-counter COVID-19 antigen test, which can be used at home. The test by Ellume offers a nasal s...
Dec 15, 2020
Biden team close to announcing picks for core climate and energy jobs
By Valerie Volcovici, Jarrett Renshaw and David Shepardson (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden is close to announcing a slate of Cabinet nominees who will be central to his administration's sweeping...
Dec 15, 2020
Motor racing-Same champions, new winners in strangest F1 season
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One's pandemic-hit season was packed with novelty and surprises, even if Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes retained their titles in record style and by massive mar...
Dec 15, 2020
