Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Singapore to waive quarantine for vaccinated travelers from April
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore will allow travelers vaccinated against COVID-19 to enter the country without quarantine from April and is considering removing a requirement for pre-departure swab tes...
Mar 23, 2022
South Korea's disgraced ex-president Park leaves hospital after prison release
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye left hospital on Thursday three months after she was released from prison where she spent nearly five years following a co...
Mar 23, 2022
Indigenous Australians ask S.Korea court to block loans to $3.6 billion gas project
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A group of Indigenous Australians has gone to court in South Korea seeking to block the country's export credit agencies from funding a deep-sea gas pipeline for t...
Mar 23, 2022
Toshiba shareholders vote down both spin-off plan and call to seek buyout offers
By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) -Toshiba Corp shareholders on Thursday voted against its plan to spin off the devices unit, but a separate motion backed by activist shareholders that called for the...
Mar 23, 2022
Singapore to relax more COVID curbs including for overseas arrivals
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore is easing more COVID-19 curbs including lifting most restrictions for fully vaccinated visitors arriving in the country and dropping requirements to wear masks outdoors...
Mar 23, 2022
Mixed Martial Arts-McGregor arrested over alleged dangerous driving - report
(Reuters) - Former UFC two-weight champion Conor McGregor was arrested for "alleged road traffic violations" in Dublin, the Irish Independent reported on Wednesday. The report said McGregor's car was ...
Mar 23, 2022
New Zealand to take 450 refugees from Australian processing centres
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The New Zealand government said on Thursday it would take a total of 450 asylum seekers in Australia or its offshore detention centre on Nauru in the South Pacif...
Mar 23, 2022
Tennis-Barty looks forward to family time, helping Indigenous community
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Ash Barty said on Thursday there was no perfect time to bow out of tennis but that claiming the Australian Open championship in front of home fans was the ideal fin...
Mar 23, 2022
Chinese search for second black box from crashed jet
By Martin Quin Pollard WUZHOU, China (Reuters) - Recovery crews searched in light rain for a second black box from a China Eastern Airlines passenger plane that plunged into a mountainside with 132 pe...
Mar 23, 2022
Calmer bond market little salve for unloved yen
By Tom Westbrook and Kevin Buckland SINGAPORE/TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar found some support in Asia on Thursday as commodity currencies took a breather from a steep rally driven by rising price...
Mar 23, 2022
