Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Cyclone Nivar tears down power lines, trees in India; no casualties
By Sudarshan Varadhan CHENNAI, India (Reuters) - A severe cyclone slammed into India's southern coast early on Thursday, uprooting trees and power lines but there were no immediate reports of loss of ...
Nov 25, 2020
India records 44,489 new coronavirus cases
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India recorded 44,489 new coronavirus infections, data from the health ministry showed on Thursday, the 19th straight day that single-day cases have stayed below the 50,000 mark. In...
Nov 25, 2020
South Korea, China top diplomats vow to work on North Korea, COVID-19
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of South Korea and China pledged on Thursday to work together to advance bilateral ties and tackle regional and global issues including stalled ...
Nov 25, 2020
Bitcoin falls 6% in Asian trade
TOKYO (Reuters) - Bitcoin dropped to $17,657.53 on Thursday, down 5.74 percent on the day, after losing $1,074.9 from its previous close. Bitcoin, the world's biggest and best-known crypto-currency, h...
Nov 25, 2020
South Korea sentences leader of sexual blackmail ring to 40 years in prison: Yonhap
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean court on Thursday sentenced the leader of an online sexual blackmail ring to 40 years in prison, the Yonhap news agency reported. Cho Ju-bin, 24, was f...
Nov 25, 2020
A life in colors: NYC celebrates Ruth Bader Ginsburg with East Village mural
By Aleksandra Michalska NEW YORK (Reuters) - A huge colorful portrait of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg now greets passersby over an East Village crosswalk in New York City. The th...
Nov 25, 2020
Japan’s Olympics minister: not government’s role to look into bid payments
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Olympics minister Seiko Hashimoto said it was not the central government's role to look into reports about large payments the Tokyo campaign made to various entities in the r...
Nov 25, 2020
Japan bird flu outbreak spreads to farm in third prefecture
TOKYO (Reuters) - Bird flu has been detected in a third Japanese prefecture, the agriculture ministry said, as a wave of infections at poultry farms sparks the country's worst outbreak in more than fo...
Nov 25, 2020
Scores in court as Cambodia opposition awaits trial for treason
By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - A Cambodian court was due on Thursday to start the treason trial of more than 100 members and backers of the political opposition, in a case condemned by activ...
Nov 25, 2020
Beijing’s Xinfadi market suspends sales, storage of aquatic and frozen products
(Reuters) - Beijing's Xinfadi market, which was linked to a coronavirus outbreak in June, has suspended sales and storage of cold-chain and aquatic products, state-backed Beijing News reported. Severa...
Nov 25, 2020
