Category Archives: Syndicated
European shares climb on vaccine hopes, mixed earnings
(Reuters) - European shares rebounded on Wednesday from losses in the previous session, bolstered by positive updates on a potential COVID-19 vaccine, while investors weighed a mixed bag of quarterly ...
Jul 15, 2020
Toppled slave trader’s statue replaced by Black protester in England
LONDON (Reuters) - A sculpture of a Black protester with her fist raised in the air has been erected in place of a 17th Century English slave trader whose statue was toppled by anti-racism demonstrato...
Jul 15, 2020
SMIC’s Shanghai listing tests if money alone can bring chip dominance to China
By Josh Horwitz SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's biggest chipmaker SMIC is set to follow its staggering $6.6 billion share sale with its Shanghai market debut on Thursday, just as Sino-U.S. tension widens...
Jul 15, 2020
The mobilising power of the BTS ARMY
(Reuters) - BTS, the South Korean supergroup, is known for churning out hits and energising a growing global fan base. Early in June, those fans - collectively called ARMY - put their energy behind an...
Jul 15, 2020
Tokyo Olympics at risk if coronavirus mutates, gets stronger: Japan adviser
By Linda Sieg and Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - The Tokyo Olympics may have to be postponed again if the novel coronavirus mutates into a stronger pathogen, Kiyoshi Kurokawa, a prominent Japanese gove...
Jul 15, 2020
Golf: Asian Tour cancels Taiwan Masters due to COVID-19
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The Asian Tour said on Wednesday September's Taiwan Masters has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "The decision to cancel Taiwan Masters was based on health and saf...
Jul 15, 2020
Cambodian Russia Today translator’s ‘fake news’ case sent to appeal court
By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia's Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the case of a translator jailed for involvement in a Russia Today documentary about sex trafficking be heard by a...
Jul 15, 2020
One killed, dozens injured in second Czech train collision
PRAGUE (Reuters) - One person was killed and dozens injured when two trains collided in the Czech Republic's second fatal rail crash this month, officials said. A passenger train and a freight train c...
Jul 15, 2020
UAE postpones Mars mission again due to weather at Japan launch site
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has postponed the launch of its mission to Mars for a second time due to weather conditions at the launch site in Japan, the government's communications offi...
Jul 15, 2020
UK health minister says will not be recommending masks in office
LONDON (Reuters) - British Health Minister Matt Hancock said that the government would not recommend that office workers wear face masks while at work. "We will not be recommending masks in the office...
Jul 15, 2020
