Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan to ramp up COVID-19 tests as it battles worst wave of infections
By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan plans to dramatically ramp up daily COVID-19 tests, borrowing from anti-contagion measures used in the recent Tokyo Olympics, as it battles its worst wave of inf...
Aug 19, 2021
Several countries, organisations reaching out to Taliban leaders to seek help in evacuation-Taliban official
KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban cadres are allowed to accompany Afghan civilians entering mosques for weekly Friday prayers, a Taliban official told Reuters on Friday. The official also said several countri...
Aug 19, 2021
China passes new personal data privacy law, to take effect Nov. 1
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China's National People's Congress on Friday officially passed a law designed to protect online user data privacy and will implement the policy starting November 1, according to st...
Aug 19, 2021
NATO pledges to speed evacuations from Afghanistan as criticism mounts
KABUL (Reuters) - More than 18,000 people have been flown out of Kabul since the Taliban took over Afghanistan's capital, a NATO official said on Friday, pledging to redouble evacuation efforts as cri...
Aug 19, 2021
Afghan karate champion fears it's game over for female athletes
By Heru Asprihanto and Johan Purnomo CISARUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Afghan karate champion Meena Asadi pounds the heavy bag as part of her training routine, but she fears female athletes still in her ...
Aug 19, 2021
China Telecom jumps in Shanghai debut amid weak market
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China Telecom Corp, blacklisted by the U.S. government, surged on its first day of trade on Friday, defying a bearish market and following its $7.3 billion fundraising via public ...
Aug 19, 2021
Beijing delays vote on extending anti-sanctions law to Hong Kong -SCMP
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's top legislature has postponed a vote on extending an anti-sanctions law to Hong Kong, the South China Morning Post said on Friday, as global banks and other financial ins...
Aug 19, 2021
BHP has fired 48 workers for sexual harassment since 2019
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - BHP Group fired 48 staff in the two years to the end of June for sexual harassment, it told a Western Australian government inquiry investigating such incidents at mining camps i...
Aug 19, 2021
Billionaire Forrest picks up 5% in takeover target Western Areas
(Reuters) - Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has picked up a 5.3% stake in Western Areas, a filing showed on Friday, a day after IGO Ltd confirmed it was in early talks to buy the Australian nickel p...
Aug 19, 2021
System outage blocks transactions at Japan's Mizuho bank
TOKYO (Reuters) - Branches of the main banking unit of Mizuho Financial Group were unable to process transactions on Friday, the latest in a series of embarrassing system errors. The glitch prevented ...
Aug 19, 2021
