Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Indian army says Chinese troops fired in the air in border stand-off
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India on Tuesday rejected Chinese allegations of violating border agreements and accused Chinese troops of firing in the air during a face-off on their tense de facto border. "It...
Sep 08, 2020
Japan sports leagues ask govt to ease COVID curbs on crowd numbers
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's top baseball and soccer leagues asked the government on Tuesday to ease restrictions on the number of fans who can attend games amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Since July 10, up ...
Sep 08, 2020
Hong Kong eases some coronavirus curbs, allows gatherings of four
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong will expand the size of public gatherings to four people and re-open more sports venues from Friday as the Asian financial hub relaxes strict curbs against a third wave...
Sep 08, 2020
China’s new yuan loans set to rise in Aug, keep economy on recovery path: Reuters poll
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's new bank loans are expected to have risen in August from the previous month, as the central bank sought to keep liquidity flush to support embattled smaller companies and b...
Sep 08, 2020
Belarusian protest leader and allies cross border into Ukraine, official says
(Reuters) - Three Belarusian opposition politicians, including protest leader Maria Kolesnikova, who disappeared on Monday, have passed border control at the Belarusian-Ukrainian border, an official o...
Sep 08, 2020
ByteDance to hand out cash bonuses to staff amid U.S. pressure on TikTok
By Yingzhi Yang and Brenda Goh BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - TikTok owner ByteDance said on Tuesday it would hand out cash bonuses to employees working to help it "overcome challenges posed by the COVI...
Sep 08, 2020
German business group: It’s hardly possible to legally stop Nord Stream 2
BERLIN (Reuters) - It is almost impossible to halt the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany from a legal perspective, the head of the German Eastern Business Association told Deutschlandf...
Sep 08, 2020
Olympics: Games must be held next year ‘at any cost’ – Minister
TOKYO (Reuters) - The rearranged Tokyo Games must be held "at any cost" in 2021, Japan's Olympic Minister Seiko Hashimoto said on Tuesday. Speaking at a news conference, Hashimoto said the Games shoul...
Sep 08, 2020
Lonza says first lymphoma patient dosed with CAR-T made in ‘Cocoon’ system
ZURICH (Reuters) - The first blood cancer patient has been treated with a cell therapy made via an automated system from Lonza that the Swiss contract drug manufacturer hopes will allow more medical f...
Sep 08, 2020
U.S. shale producers race for federal permits ahead of presidential election
By Jennifer Hiller HOUSTON (Reuters) - Oil producers in the top U.S. shale fields are stockpiling drilling permits on federal land ahead of the November U.S. presidential election, concerned that a wi...
Sep 08, 2020
