Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Cycling-Pogacar leads young guns’ charge in pandemic-hit season
By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - Cycling managed to deliver an exhilarating, action-packed season that saw the younger generation, led by Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar, take power despite th...
Dec 15, 2020
Astros take villain role, Dodgers snap title drought
By Frank Pingue (Reuters) - The Houston Astros being exposed as cheats, a Miami Marlins COVID-19 outbreak that raised speculation about the season being cancelled and a stacked Los Angeles Dodgers tea...
Dec 15, 2020
In Taiwan pig country, U.S. pork decision rankles, divides families
By Ann Wang PINGTUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) - In southern Taiwan's pig-producing heartland, the government's contentious decision to ease restrictions on imports of U.S. pork is rankling some producers and...
Dec 15, 2020
Australia reports first local COVID-19 case in two weeks after airport worker tests positive
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's most populous state on Wednesday reported its first coronavirus case in nearly two weeks after an airport worker tested positive prompting authorities to suggest interna...
Dec 15, 2020
Dollar on the defensive as U.S. leaders meet on stimulus, pound buoyed by Brexit hopes
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar languished near 2 1/2-year lows on Wednesday as progress toward a massive U.S. government spending bill and COVID-19 relief measures whetted risk appetit...
Dec 15, 2020
BOJ loads up $6 billion in ammunition to combat potential market turmoil
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan has decided to tap $6 billion in cash from a government account in a rare arrangement to ensure it has enough ammunition to combat any market disrup...
Dec 15, 2020
Chile reserves seats for indigenous as it prepares to rewrite Constitution
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean lawmakers late on Tuesday approved a bill to reserve 17 of 155 seats for representatives of indigenous communities in its upcoming constitutional convention, a measure lau...
Dec 15, 2020
Mexico reports 11,228 new coronavirus cases, 801 more deaths
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry on Tuesday reported 11,228 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection and 801 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 1,267,202 c...
Dec 15, 2020
Coalition of U.S. states likely to file new antitrust lawsuit against Google – Politico
(Reuters) - A coalition of states in the United States is expected to file an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc's Google alleging that it altered the designs of its search engine to the disadvant...
Dec 15, 2020
Busiest U.S. seaport, buried in imports, plucks out toys to load Santa’s sleigh
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Workers at the busiest U.S. seaport are plucking containers of toys off ships and out of massive stacks of cargo swamping docks at the Southern California tra...
Dec 15, 2020
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