Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Reigning league MVP Jackson tests positive for COVID-19: NFL report
(Reuters) - Baltimore quarterback Lamar Jackson, the NFL's reigning Most Valuable Player, has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss the Ravens rescheduled game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on ...
Nov 26, 2020
South Korea braces for bed shortages as coronavirus cases near nine-month high
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea reported more than 500 new coronavirus cases for the second consecutive day on Friday, a level not seen in nearly nine months, as a third wave of infectio...
Nov 26, 2020
China’s first Hualong One nuclear reactor starts operations
BEIJING (Reuters) - China National Nuclear Corp(CNNC) said on Friday its first Hualong One, a third-generation pressurised water nuclear reactor, has started operations and is connected to the grid. T...
Nov 26, 2020
Weekend scorcher: Australia braces for first major heat wave of fire season
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia is bracing for the first major heat wave of the bush fire season this weekend with temperatures forecast to hit well above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), pro...
Nov 26, 2020
Japan’s ruling party to propose big spending on green investment: draft
By Daniel Leussink and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's ruling party will urge the government to lay out a big, decade-long spending programme to promote green investment, a draft proposal obtai...
Nov 26, 2020
Japan’s capital sees prices fall most in over eight years as COVID-19 pain persists
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Core consumer prices in Tokyo suffered their biggest annual drop in more than eight years, data showed on Friday, an indication the hit to consumption from the corona...
Nov 26, 2020
China reports H5N8 bird flu in swans in Shanxi province: agriculture ministry
BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu in wild swans in northern Shanxi province, the agriculture ministry said late on Thursday. The disease killed two swan...
Nov 26, 2020
China to impose temporary anti-dumping measures on Australian wine imports
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will impose temporary anti-dumping measures on wine imported from Australia from Nov. 28, the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement on Friday. Import operators bringing in...
Nov 26, 2020
Brazil’s Bolsonaro says he will not take coronavirus vaccine
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday evening that he will not take a coronavirus vaccine, the latest in a series of statements he has made expressing skepticism tow...
Nov 26, 2020
China’s industrial profits rise 28.2% year-on-year in October
BEIJING (Reuters) - Profits at Chinese industrial firms rose 28.2% year-on-year in October to 642.91 billion yuan ($97.79 billion), official data showed on Friday, pointing to a steady recovery in the...
Nov 26, 2020
