Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Paralympics-Organisers say situation 'very difficult' as hospitals stretched by COVID cases
By Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) - The Tokyo Paralympics will be held under "very difficult" circumstances, organisers said on Friday, with hospitals in the host city overstretched as Japan battles its ...
Aug 20, 2021
Texas Supreme Court rejects Governor Abbott's ban on school mask mandates – CNN
(Reuters) - The Texas Supreme Court rejected Governor Greg Abbott's intervention to suspend a mask mandate, thus allowing schools to require students to wear masks as per the mandates by local authori...
Aug 20, 2021
Thailand reaches 1 million COVID-19 cases
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's passed the 1 million mark in coronavirus cases on Friday, 97% of which were recorded in the past five months, as the country struggles to get on top of one of Asia's mos...
Aug 20, 2021
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Lockdowns extended in Sydney, New Zealand Australian authorities on Friday extended a COVID-19 lockdown in Sydney until the en...
Aug 20, 2021
China's SenseTime says daily users of its augmented reality tech number 100 million
By Yingzhi Yang and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) - China's SenseTime, which sells augmented reality technology to other companies, has seen global daily active users of that tech grow to 100 million f...
Aug 20, 2021
Israeli doctors find severe COVID-19 breakthrough cases mostly in older, sicker patients
By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - In Israel's COVID-19 wards, doctors are learning which vaccinated patients are most vulnerable to severe illness, amid growing concerns about instances in which ...
Aug 20, 2021
Indonesia air force sends plane to repatriate citizens from Afghanistan
JAKARTA (Reuters) - The air force of Indonesia will bring home 15 of its citizens from Afghanistan, its foreign ministry said on Friday, amid chaos and uncertainty in the country after the hardline Is...
Aug 20, 2021
U.S. evacuates about 3,000 from Kabul airport on Thursday
(Reuters) - The United States evacuated about 3,000 people from Afghanistan's Kabul airport on Thursday, a White House official said. "The United States evacuated approximately 3,000 people from Hamid...
Aug 20, 2021
For bank regulators, tech giants are now too big to fail
By Iain Withers and Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - More than a decade on from the financial crisis, regulators are spooked once again that some companies at the heart of the financial system are too big...
Aug 20, 2021
Harris faces task of convincing Asia of U.S. reliability after Afghan chaos
By Nandita Bose and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Kamala Harris, in a visit to Singapore and Vietnam next week that aims to counter China's growing influence, will have to con...
Aug 20, 2021
