Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK poised to ditch plans to empower tech regulator - FT
(Reuters) - Britain is poised to shelve plans to empower a new technology regulator, in a blow to global efforts to curb the dominance of internet companies, including Google and Facebook, the Financi...
May 02, 2022
Explainer-Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision hinged on women's right to privacy
(Reuters) - A leaked initial draft majority opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court will vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, Politico reported on Monday. Reut...
May 02, 2022
India's private school aspiration increasingly out of reach as inflation bites
By Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian financial consultant Waqar Khan has seen his income drop by about a fifth since the coronavirus pandemic began. When his younger son's private school raised...
May 02, 2022
Olympics-Obstacle racing to be tested as equestrian replacement in modern pentathlon
(Reuters) - Modern pentathlon's governing body (UIPM) said it has selected two variations of obstacle racing for testing from more than 60 options as it looks to replace the equestrian element in the ...
May 02, 2022
Chinese carrier sails through waters near Okinawa, Japan says
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - Eight Chinese naval vessels, including an aircraft carrier, passed between islands in Japan's southern Okinawa chain on Monday, Japan's defence ministry said in a n...
May 02, 2022
Hong Kong to further ease COVID curbs, bars to stay open until 2 a.m
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong will further ease COVID-19 restrictions, allowing bars to open until 2 a.m. and raising the number of diners permitted at a table to eight from four, as cases in the gl...
May 02, 2022
Reaction to report on U.S. Supreme Court draft abortion decision
(Reuters) - A leaked initial draft majority opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, Politico reported on Monday. The ...
May 02, 2022
Google faces internal battle over research on AI to speed chip design
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google said on Monday it had recently fired a senior engineering manager after colleagues, whose landmark research on artificial intelligence ...
May 02, 2022
China reports 6,074 new COVID cases on May 2, down from previous day
BEIJING (Reuters) - Mainland China reported 6,074 new COVID-19 cases on May 2, including 384 symptomatic cases and 5,690 asymptomatic infections, the National Health Commission said on Tuesday. That w...
May 02, 2022
HSBC shares outperform after top shareholder calls for bank's break-up
SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Shares in HSBC Holdings edged up in Hong Kong trade on Tuesday after its largest shareholder, Chinese insurance giant Ping An, called for a break-up of the London-based bank. [L2N...
May 02, 2022
