Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Trump pays Japan’s Abe ‘highest respect,’ plans to call him
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Friday he considered Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a great friend and expressed concern over his decision to step down for health r...
Aug 29, 2020
Cricket: Australia ‘blow cobwebs out’ in rain-affected practice in England
(Reuters) - Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Matthew Wade was pleased to have an opportunity to "blow the cobwebs out" and was confident his bowlers would get enough match practice before their limited...
Aug 29, 2020
Billionaire Steve Cohen enters talks to buy New York Mets: CNBC
(Reuters) - Billionaire hedge fund manager Steve Cohen has entered exclusive negotiations to buy the New York Mets, CNBC reported on Friday, citing numerous unnamed sources. Cohen fended off a bid fro...
Aug 29, 2020
German court permits Berlin protests against coronavirus curbs
BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A German regional court gave the go-ahead on Saturday for mass demonstrations planned in Berlin against coronavirus curbs, ruling against the capital's ban on such protest...
Aug 29, 2020
Party election to pick PM Abe’s successor around Sept. 15, media say
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's ruling party will choose Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's successor around Sept. 15, Kyodo news agency said on Saturday, after Abe abruptly announced his resignation for health re...
Aug 29, 2020
‘Putin, have some tea’: Russian city holds eighth anti-Kremlin protest
(Reuters) - Thousands of people took to the streets on Saturday in Russia's far eastern city of Khabarovsk to protest against President Vladimir Putin's handling of a regional political crisis and the...
Aug 29, 2020
BlackRock gets regulators’ approval to set up China mutual fund unit
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - BlackRock has become the first global asset manager to win regulatory approval to set up a mutual fund unit in China, as Beijing throws open its 17.7 trillion yuan ($2.58 ...
Aug 28, 2020
Australia’s Victoria states posts lowest COVID-19 case rise in two months
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's Victoria state on Saturday reported its lowest rise in new coronavirus cases in almost two months, but authorities warned there would be no rush to lift social distan...
Aug 28, 2020
‘Black Panther’ film star Chadwick Boseman dead at 43, after cancer battle
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Chadwick Boseman, the "Black Panther" Marvel film star, has died at age 43 after a four-year battle with colon cancer, according to an announcement posted on Friday on th...
Aug 28, 2020
China’s Wuhan says all schools to reopen on Tuesday
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Wuhan, Ground Zero for the COVID-19 pandemic and the Chinese city hardest hit by the coronavirus, will reopen all its schools and kindergartens on Tuesday, local authorities said....
Aug 28, 2020
