Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Hong Kong police evacuate 32 people from court, deploy explosive experts
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police evacuated 32 people from the city's West Kowloon Court and deployed explosive disposal experts, they said on Tuesday. Police said they were responding to reports...
Nov 15, 2021
Tennis-Djokovic's year-end No.1 record unlikely to be matched, says Sampras
(Reuters) - American great Pete Sampras said he does not expect any player to match Novak Djokovic's feat of winning the men's year-end world number one ranking seven times. Earlier this month the 34-...
Nov 15, 2021
Tennis-Tsitsipas vows to step it up after defeat in ATP Finals opener
(Reuters) - Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas suffered a straight-sets defeat in his opening match at the ATP Finals but the world number four promised to turn things around and stay in the hunt for a semi-...
Nov 15, 2021
Japan distances itself from report its envoy helped free U.S. reporter
By Antoni Slodkowski TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan distanced itself on Tuesday from a visit to Myanmar by its special envoy during which, according to military-run media in Myanmar, he played a role in the ...
Nov 15, 2021
Saudi Arabia's race to attract investment dogged by scepticism
By Davide Barbuscia, Saeed Azhar and Yousef Saba DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia could have a credibility problem if it keeps shifting the goal posts for the amount of foreign investment it wants to tu...
Nov 15, 2021
'Old friends?' For Xi and Biden, not necessarily
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chinese leader Xi Jinping greeted U.S. President Joe Biden as "old friend" at the start of their first video meeting, using an expression that Biden has pushed back on. ...
Nov 15, 2021
Huarong gets approval to raise $11 billion bond in interbank market
BEIJING (Reuters) - China Huarong Asset Management has been granted approval to raise 70 billion yuan ($11 billion) of financial bonds in the interbank market, as it continues to improve its credit pr...
Nov 15, 2021
U.S. refiner Citgo posts $4 million quarterly loss, reshuffles board
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Citgo Petroleum Corp, the eighth-largest U.S. oil refiner, reported on Monday its seventh quarterly loss in the last two years and reshuffled its board of directors, naming three n...
Nov 15, 2021
Grab's ride-hailing services disrupted in Southeast Asian countries
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Southeast Asia's Grab on Tuesday said it was experiencing a disruption to its services, with customers and drivers in Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia complaining that they were...
Nov 15, 2021
Google commits $740 million to Australia months after threatening pull-out
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Google will spend A$1 billion ($736 million) in Australia over five years, the tech giant said on Tuesday, just months after it threatened to pull its services from the country in r...
Nov 15, 2021
