Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Earthquake shakes eastern Japan, no tsunami warning
TOKYO (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.6 shook eastern Japan on Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The epicentre of the earthquake was in Ibaraki prefecture, no...
Dec 17, 2020
Watchdog investigates Swisscom’s fibre optic network expansion
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's competition commission (COMCO) has opened an investigation into telecoms provider Swisscom, ordering immediate precautionary measures to allow competitors access to ne...
Dec 17, 2020
Luxury goods group Kering says it will co-operate on tax probe, denies any wrongdoing
PARIS (Reuters) - Kering, the French luxury goods group whose brands include Gucci and Saint Laurent, said on Thursday that it would co-operate fully on a tax probe into the company, while rejecting a...
Dec 17, 2020
China says to share part of lunar samples with scientists from other countries
BEIJING (Reuters) - China plans to share data and samples that the Chang'e 5 probe obtained during its recent mission to the moon, based on international cooperation conventions, said the deputy head ...
Dec 17, 2020
Australians head for the tills to spend away a year to forget
By Cordelia Hsu and Jill Gralow SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australians packed into shopping malls on Thursday to stock up on supplies for the Christmas holiday season, spending money that might usually go tow...
Dec 17, 2020
Turkey says will not turn back on Russian S-400S purchase despite sanctions
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey will not turn back on its purchase of Russian S-400 missile defence systems and will take reciprocal steps after evaluating the U.S. sanctions imposed because of the acquisit...
Dec 17, 2020
Baseball-Ramirez’s Australian league debut on hold due to medical issues
(Reuters) - Manny Ramirez's Australian Baseball League debut has been put on hold due to medical reasons, his Sydney Blue Sox team said. The 48-year-old, who won two World Series titles with the Bosto...
Dec 17, 2020
Two smuggled Sumatran orangutans flown home from Thailand
By Juarawee Kittisilpa BANGKOK (Reuters) - Two critically endangered orangutans smuggled into Thailand three years ago were returned to Indonesia on Thursday, where they will undergo rehabilitation be...
Dec 17, 2020
Need a ventilator? Polish arms dealer has plenty
By Anna Koper WARSAW (Reuters) - When the coronavirus pandemic surged across Europe in April and hospitals were desperate for ventilators, Poland's government turned to an unlikely supplier: an arms d...
Dec 17, 2020
European new car sales drop by 13.5% y/y in November – ACEA
BERLIN (Reuters) - European car registrations dropped in November, declining for the second month in row, industry data showed on Thursday, as measures to restrict a second coronavirus wave hit sales ...
Dec 17, 2020
