Author Archives: Syndicated Content
'Hope over fear': leftist Boric faces struggle to capture Chile's political center
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Former student protest leader and leftist lawmaker Gabriel Boric faces an uphill battle persuading voters from the vanquished centrist parties to back him rather...
Nov 21, 2021
Taiwan wary about raising rates now, but set to follow tightening trend next yr
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan's central bank is concerned that any interest rate hike now could lift the local currency, but will "definitely" follow the global tightening trend for next year, central bank...
Nov 21, 2021
Xi says China will never seek hegemony at summit with ASEAN
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping told leaders of the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at a summit on Monday that Beijing would not coerce its smaller regional ...
Nov 21, 2021
Chile's Bosolonaro? Hard-right Kast rises, targeting 'crime and violence'
By Natalia A. Ramos Miranda SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean ultra-conservative Jose Antonio Kast, sometimes likened to Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro, is in the driving seat to become the Andean country...
Nov 21, 2021
NBA: LeBron James ejected for strike to Pistons' Stewart's face
(Reuters) - Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James was ejected from Sunday's game against the Detroit Pistons for an errant swinging arm that drew significant blood from the face of Isaiah Stewart, t...
Nov 21, 2021
BTS storm back to live performances at American Music Awards
By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - K-Pop band BTS and Taylor Swift were among the early winners at the American Music Awards on Sunday in a show hosted live by rapper Cardi B in Los Angeles. BTS...
Nov 21, 2021
Japan floated idea of national honour for MLB's Ohtani, but he declined
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan floated the idea of presenting a national honour to Shohei Ohtani after the baseball star won one of the top awards in U.S. Major League Baseball, but he declined, the governme...
Nov 21, 2021
Myanmar junta chief to be absent from China-ASEAN leader summit -sources
(Reuters) - Myanmar's junta leader Min Aung Hlaing is not attending a virtual China-ASEAN leaders' summit on Monday, according to two sources with knowledge of the meeting. The sources, from governmen...
Nov 21, 2021
Oil and euro slip, markets on edge over COVID-19 curbs in Europe
By Tom Westbrook SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian stocks made a soft start to the week on Monday while oil and the euro were under pressure, as the return of COVID-19 restrictions in Europe and talk about has...
Nov 21, 2021
Waukesha police say there were fatalities from parade incident
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some people were killed when an SUV plowed through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, on Sunday, while 11 adults and 12 children were transported to area hospitals follo...
Nov 21, 2021
