Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Explainer: Israel's election - array of contenders seek to topple Netanyahu
By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel holds its fourth election in two years on Tuesday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hopes the country's world-leading coronavirus vaccine rollout will fi...
Mar 22, 2021
Wall Street's year of bust and boom
By Chuck Mikolajczak and Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street giddyness in recent weeks stands in stark contrast to the pandemic panic of one year ago. U.S. stocks on Tuesday will mark the on...
Mar 22, 2021
Bytedance acquires Shanghai-based game studio Mooton Technology: sources
(Reuters) - Bytedance has agreed to acquire Shanghai-based video games studio Mooton Technology, two sources told Reuters Monday. Mooton Technology, founded by an ex-Tencent employee, is most famous f...
Mar 21, 2021
U.S. Representative Reed apologizes amid sexual misconduct claims, says not running for office
(Reuters) - Republican U.S. Representative Tom Reed, who has been mulling a challenge to Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, apologized to a woman who accused him of sexual misconduct and said ...
Mar 21, 2021
Badminton: Lee, Okuhara bag singles titles at All England Open
(Reuters) - Malaysian shuttler Lee Zii Jia defeated defending champion Viktor Axelsen to win the men's singles crown at the All England Open on Sunday while Japan's Nozomi Okuhara won the women's titl...
Mar 21, 2021
Surfing: Salvadoran killed by lightning while training for Olympic qualifier
(Reuters) - El Salvadoran surfer Katherine Diaz has been killed after being struck by lightning while training for a qualifying tournament for the Tokyo Olympics. The 22-year-old was struck just after...
Mar 21, 2021
Singapore foreign minister to visit three Southeast Asian countries
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan will visit Brunei Darussalam on Monday, after which he will go to Malaysia and Indonesia, the foreign affairs ministry said. The mi...
Mar 21, 2021
Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 7,709: RKI
BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 7,709 to 2,667,225, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Monday. The reporte...
Mar 21, 2021
India reports most COVID-19 deaths since early January
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India reported 212 new COVID-19 deaths on Monday, the most since early January, while infections jumped by 46,951, the highest since early November. Total deaths have now swelled...
Mar 21, 2021
Australian parliament debates motion on rights abuses in China's Xinjiang
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's parliament debated on Monday a motion to condemn "systematic breaches" of human rights by China, saying other legislatures had described as genocide its actions towards ...
Mar 21, 2021
