Author Archives: Syndicated Content
S.Korea reports first deaths linked to Omicron coronavirus variant - Yonhap
SEOUL (Reuters) - Two people who posthumously tested positive for the highly contagious Omicron variant of the coronavirus appear to be the first such reported deaths in the country, Yonhap news agenc...
Thomson Reuters Jan 02, 2022
Hong Kong airport targets raising $4 billion in bond deal - sources
By Scott Murdoch HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's Airport Authority is aiming to raise up to $4 billion in a multi-tranche dollar bond offering, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the ...
Thomson Reuters Jan 02, 2022
Hong Kong's Citizen News says closure triggered by Stand News collapse
By Jessie Pang and Edmond Ng HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong independent online publication Citizen News said on Monday its decision to shut down was triggered by the closure of a pro-democracy media ...
Thomson Reuters Jan 02, 2022
Fast-spreading Omicron to test Beijing Winter Games bubble
By Gabriel Crossley and Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) - China's meticulous plans to prevent an Olympics-seeded COVID-19 outbreak by sealing all participants inside a "closed loop" for the upco...
Thomson Reuters Jan 02, 2022
Tennis-Spain's Bautista Agut beats Ruud as Norway, Georgia exit ATP Cup
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut beat world number eight Casper Ruud 6-4 7-6(4) on Monday in Group A to eliminate Norway from the ATP Cup in Sydney, while Georgia were also knocked out...
Thomson Reuters Jan 02, 2022
Tennis-Sakkari struggles against Zidansek but reaches Adelaide second round
(Reuters) - World number six Maria Sakkari advanced to the second round of the Adelaide International at Memorial Drive on Monday by grinding out a 6-2 0-6 6-4 victory over Slovenian Tamara Zidansek. ...
Thomson Reuters Jan 02, 2022
S.Korea's Moon promises final push for N.Korea peace
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in vowed on Monday to use his last months in office to press for a diplomatic breakthrough with North Korea, despite public silence from...
Thomson Reuters Jan 02, 2022
Australia to push ahead with reopening amid record COVID-19 cases
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's government said the milder impact of the Omicron strain of COVID-19 meant the country could push ahead with plans to reopen the economy even as new infections hit a reco...
Thomson Reuters Jan 02, 2022
Israel's Jerusalem Post website hacked on Soleimani assassination anniversary
(Corrects site of Soleimani's killing, paragraph 2) JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel's Jerusalem Post newspaper said on Monday its website had been hacked, in what it said was an apparent threat to the cou...
Thomson Reuters Jan 02, 2022
Oil starts new year on positive note, pandemic worries curb gains
By Naveen Thukral SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Monday as the market kicked off 2022 on a positive note, although concerns over demand waning due to rapidly spreading COVID-19 pandemic limi...
Thomson Reuters Jan 02, 2022
