Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan mulls state of emergency for Tokyo, Osaka as COVID-19 cases surge: media
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government is considering a state of emergency for Tokyo and Osaka as new COVID-19 case numbers surge, broadcaster NHK reported on Wednesday, a move that would enable the gia...
Syndicated Content Apr 21, 2021
Players, fans hail ‘beautiful day for football’ as Super League unravels
By Ian Ransom (Reuters) - Players, pundits and fans cheered a "beautiful day for football" after the breakaway European Super League unravelled with the withdrawal of the six English clubs who had sig...
Syndicated Content Apr 21, 2021
Oxygen supplies run low as India grapples with coronavirus “storm”
By Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian authorities scrambled to shore up supplies of medical oxygen to hospitals in the capital, Delhi, on Wednesday as a fast-spreading second wave of coronav...
Syndicated Content Apr 20, 2021
Australian state seeks to build onshore mRNA vaccine site
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Victoria state on Wednesday unveiled plans to develop an onshore messenger-RNA (mRNA) vaccine manufacturing facility and launched three mass coronavirus immunisation cen...
Syndicated Content Apr 20, 2021
ATP roundup: Albert Ramos-Vinolas survives first-round scare in Barcelona
Albert Ramos-Vinolas eked out in a win in the first round of his hometown event, beating Denmark's Holger Rune 6-7 (2), 6-1, 7-6 (2) at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell on Tuesday. Ramos-Vinolas neede...
Syndicated Content Apr 20, 2021
SoftBank Vision Fund seen posting record earnings on Coupang
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp's $100 billion Vision Fund is widely seen reporting record earnings on May 12 after portfolio companies listed during the quarter, mostly driven by ...
Syndicated Content Apr 20, 2021
Japan PM to postpone visit to India, Philippines: media
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is postponing plans to visit India and the Philippines on a trip originally set for the end of the month, media said on Wednesday. Suga will in...
Syndicated Content Apr 20, 2021
Ohio police kill teenaged Black girl, say media, family
(Reuters) - Police in Columbus, Ohio, shot a Black 16-year-old girl to death on Tuesday after confronting her while responding to a report of a person armed with a knife, according to the mayor, the y...
Syndicated Content Apr 20, 2021
In Japan Inc, activist investors come in from the cold
By Makiko Yamazaki and Noriyuki Hirata TOKYO (Reuters) - Yasuo Takeuchi remembers the horror he felt in 2017 when, as chief financial officer of Japan's Olympus Corp, he was told an activist investor ...
Syndicated Content Apr 20, 2021
Oil falls for second day as India’s COVID-19 surge to dent fuel demand
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil prices fell for a second day on Wednesday on concerns that soaring COVID-19 cases in India will drive down fuel demand in the world's third biggest oil importe...
Syndicated Content Apr 20, 2021

