Author Archives: Syndicated Content
COVID-19 cases surge around world, raising testing and quarantine fears
By Renju Jose and Crispian Balmer SYDNEY/ROME (Reuters) - Daily COVID-19 infections have hit record highs in the United States, swathes of Europe and Australia as the new Omicron variant of the virus ...
Dec 29, 2021
Rescuers work to retrieve bodies at collapsed Sudanese gold mine
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Rescuers were working to retrieve the dead and injured from a gold mine in a remote area of Sudan on Wednesday, three days after it collapsed killing at least 32 people, a mining ...
Dec 29, 2021
Indian tax authorities seize $30 million in cash ahead of state elections
By Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian tax officials have seized more than $30 million in cash and gold in raids on suspected tax evaders this week including a record haul of 1.94 billion rupees ...
Dec 29, 2021
UK's Johnson says people without COVID boosters ending up in hospital
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged people to come forward to have a COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, saying the overwhelming majority of people in intensive care in hospital w...
Dec 29, 2021
Morgan Stanley to boost stake in China brokerage to 94%
By Selena Li HONG KONG (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley is set to increase its stake in its brokerage joint venture in China by 4.06% to 94%, an exchange filing showed on Wednesday, putting it on track to t...
Dec 29, 2021
Tennis-'Mix of emotions': Stosur to end singles career at Australian Open
(Reuters) - Sam Stosur will call time on her singles career at next month's Australian Open, though she will continue to play doubles in 2022, the 37-year-old said on Wednesday. The Australian player ...
Dec 29, 2021
China to tighten copyright protection in livestreaming, e-commerce platforms by 2025
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will improve copyright protection livestreaming, e-commerce and sports events by 2025, the country's copyright regulator said on Wednesday. Copyright protection will be stren...
Dec 29, 2021
Somali PM discusses political situation with U.S. official
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble spoke by telephone with a senior U.S. official about the political situation in his country, a government spokesman said on Wednesday....
Dec 29, 2021
Tunisia approves Russia's Sputnik Light vaccine as booster
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Tunisia's Ministry of Health has approved the Russian one-shot Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine as a booster shot, Russia's RDIF sovereign fund said in a statement on Wednesday. (Repo...
Dec 29, 2021
Moscow court shuts down Russia's Memorial human rights centre
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A court on Wednesday ordered the closure of Russia's Memorial Human Rights Centre, a day after its sister organisation and the country's oldest human rights group was ordered to dis...
Dec 29, 2021
