Category Archives: Syndicated
Chinese insurance tech firm Waterdrop raises $230 million, plans U.S. IPO
By Kane Wu and Scott Murdoch HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese online insurance technology platform Waterdrop Inc has raised $230 million in a new funding round led by reinsurer Swiss Re and Chinese inter...
Aug 20, 2020
North Korean leader’s sister is ‘de facto second-in-command’, South Korean lawmaker says
By Sangmi Cha and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's intelligence agency believes that Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, is serving as his "de facto second-in-command...
Aug 20, 2020
Japan awards COVID-19 relief work to Deloitte affiliate after Dentsu controversy
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government has signed a contract with a Deloitte-linked consulting group to distribute coronavirus relief payouts following public anger over a previous deal involving a...
Aug 20, 2020
Haiti’s schools re-open but many parents now can’t afford them
By Andre Paultre and Sarah Marsh PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's school children missed class this year first due to months of violent unrest, then the coronavirus pandemic. Now, as schools are fin...
Aug 20, 2020
After decades in politics, Joe Biden to accept Democratic presidential nomination
By John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the biggest speech of his nearly 50 years in public life, Joe Biden will spell out his vision for the presidency on Thursday when he accepts the Democratic...
Aug 20, 2020
California’s notorious ‘Golden State Killer’ faces sentencing
SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - A former California police officer dubbed the "Golden State Killer" who confessed to 13 murders and dozens of rapes during the 1970s and '80s faces a life prison term when he is...
Aug 20, 2020
Alaska’s salmon are shrinking, and climate change may be to blame
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska's highly prized salmon - a favorite of seafood lovers the world over - are getting smaller, and climate change is a suspected culprit, a new study ...
Aug 20, 2020
China denounces ‘slander’ over ambassador on people’s backs in Kiribati
BEIJING/MELBOURNE (Reuters) - China denounced as slander on Thursday criticism of its ambassador to the Pacific nation of Kiribati over a picture of him walking on the backs of prostrate islanders tha...
Aug 20, 2020
Germany adds parts of Croatia to list of coronavirus risk areas
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's public health agency on Thursday declared the Croatian counties of Sibenik-Knin and Split-Dalmatia, which are popular with tourists, coronavirus risk regions, as Europe ba...
Aug 20, 2020
EU, CureVac in talks on 225 million doses of potential COVID-19 vaccine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Thursday it had concluded exploratory talks with CureVac regarding the purchase of 225 million doses of the German biotech firm's potential COVID-1...
Aug 20, 2020
