Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Louisville police officer who shot Breonna Taylor to be fired: U.S. media
(Reuters) - The Louisville police officer who fired the shot that killed Breonna Taylor, a Black emergency medical technician, was told on Tuesday that the department was moving to fire him, U.S. medi...
Dec 29, 2020
Two rescued from Australia’s flooded Outback after friends trek 12 hours for help
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A 10-year old boy and his father were rescued by helicopter from a car marooned in flooded bushland, after three friends who had been accompanying them walked 50 km (31 miles) throu...
Dec 29, 2020
Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 22,459 – RKI
BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 22,459 to 1,687,185, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Wednesday. The rep...
Dec 29, 2020
China sentences HK activists to up to three years in jail for border crossing
By David Kirton SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - A Chinese court sentenced 10 Hong Kong activists to between seven months and three years in jail on Wednesday for illegally crossing the border, in a case t...
Dec 29, 2020
Indonesia and LG Group sign $9.8 billion EV battery MOU
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia and South Korean firm LG Group have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on a $9.8 billion electric vehicle battery investment deal, the head of Indonesia's Investm...
Dec 29, 2020
Chinese tourists, gripped by coronavirus fears, scale back domestic travel plans
By Sophie Yu and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese tourists, millions of whom have shunned overseas travel this year because of the global pandemic, are further narrowing the scope of their journey...
Dec 29, 2020
Singapore begins rollout of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine with healthcare workers
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A 46-year-old nurse became the first person in Singapore to receive Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, making the city-state among the first Asian countries to begi...
Dec 29, 2020
Dollar slumps as bears shrug off U.S. stimulus delay
By Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar slumped to multi-year lows against many currencies on Wednesday as currency traders looked past a new delay in U.S. stimulus cheques and maintained bets a...
Dec 29, 2020
U.S. may seek to try accused killer of American journalist Daniel Pearl
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States may seek to try in a U.S. court a man accused of killing American journalist Daniel Pearl after a Pakistani court ordered his release, acting Attorney General ...
Dec 29, 2020
U.S. congressman-elect Letlow dies of COVID-19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Representative-elect Luke Letlow of Louisiana has died of COVID-19, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said on Tuesday. Letlow, 41, announced on Dec. 18 that he had tested ...
Dec 29, 2020
