Author Archives: Syndicated Content
For athletes, boarding the plane to Beijing is already a win
By Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) - With just over a week until the Winter Games begin, teams are frantically trying to ensure that athletes stay virus-free to get past Beijing's strict checks ...
Thomson Reuters Jan 27, 2022
UN urged to open query into Iran's 1988 killings and Raisi role
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Prominent former U.N. judges and investigators have called on U.N. human rights boss Michelle Bachelet to investigate the 1988 "massacre" of political prisoners...
Thomson Reuters Jan 27, 2022
Kremlin sees some room for dialogue after U.S. security response
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Thursday there was room to continue dialogue with the United States, but that it looked clear Russia's main security demands had not been taken into account by W...
Thomson Reuters Jan 27, 2022
Tennis-Barty unlocks Keys to reach maiden Australian Open final
By Courtney Walsh MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Ash Barty stood one win away from ending Australia's 44-year wait for a home-grown champion after she defeated American Madison Keys 6-1 6-3 in the Australian Op...
Thomson Reuters Jan 27, 2022
SAIC sets up automotive chip fund with Shanghai research institute
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - SAIC Motor Corp will establish a multibillion-yuan fund with the Shanghai Industrial Technology Research Institute (SITRI) to promote research and production for automotive microc...
Thomson Reuters Jan 27, 2022
Singapore seeks to slash waste with plastic bags charge
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore on Thursday recommended supermarkets start charging for disposable carrier bags, a move aimed at slashing carbon emissions in a tiny nation that produces enough annual ...
Thomson Reuters Jan 27, 2022
Monaco's Princess Charlene still in recovery, to miss annual national festival
PARIS (Reuters) - Princess Charlene of Monaco will miss Thursday's annual Sainte Devote national festival in Monaco as she is still recovering from earlier health issues, said the Monaco Royal Palace....
Thomson Reuters Jan 27, 2022
In an Argentina field, green shoots mask scars of drought
By Agustin Marcarian and Maximilian Heath VEINTICINCO DE MAYO, Argentina (Reuters) - In grain fields around the small Argentine farm belt town of Veinticinco de Mayo, Dario Sabini checks corn plants, ...
Thomson Reuters Jan 27, 2022
Analysis-Debt fears overshadow China's infrastructure push to fight economic slowdown
By Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) - China is counting on revived infrastructure spending to support its slowing economy, but controls over local government debt risks and falling investment returns could...
Thomson Reuters Jan 27, 2022
After narrow escape from violence, Cameroon refugee gives birth to triplets
By Mahamat Ramadane KALAMBARI, Chad (Reuters) - Heavily pregnant Fatime Eliane journeyed for three days by foot and dugout canoe last month to flee violence in northern Cameroon between herders, farme...
Thomson Reuters Jan 27, 2022
