Author Archives: Syndicated Content
No handicap as South Koreans swing through Thailand's 'golf quarantine'
By Sangmi Cha and Hyun Young Yi SEOUL (Reuters) - At six in the morning, Heo Kwang-eum tees off another day in Thailand in coronavirus quarantine - literally. He's one of dozens of South Korean visito...
Thomson Reuters Feb 24, 2021
South Korea preps coronavirus vaccines after political scuffle over first shots
By Sangmi Cha and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean politicians won't be the first in line when the county kicks off its coronavirus vaccination drive on Friday, despite calls from the opposit...
Thomson Reuters Feb 24, 2021
Rescuers hunt for survivors after Indonesia landslide
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Rescue teams in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi province searched for survivors on Thursday after a landslide in an illegal gold mining area killed at least three people, with more fe...
Thomson Reuters Feb 24, 2021
Tools to go remote: How Netgear's CEO stays connected
By Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Patrick Lo co-founded computing networking provider Netgear Inc in 1996, he envisioned an online utopia in which "the internet was going to drive everyt...
Thomson Reuters Feb 24, 2021
Ad campaign to combat vaccine hesitancy in U.S. with celebrity help
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - The Ad Council launched a campaign on Thursday designed to combat hesitancy about the safety of the coronavirus vaccine, blanketing messages across U.S. TV, radio, websites ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 24, 2021
World stocks' dance to continue, but inflation could mute the music: Reuters poll
By Vivek Mishra and Rahul Karunakar BENGALURU (Reuters) - The bull-run in global stocks fuelled by cheap cash and reflation hopes will continue for at least another six months but a rise in bond yield...
Thomson Reuters Feb 24, 2021
PIMCO appoints insider Kersman to head APAC business
(Reuters) - Bond giant Pacific Investment Management Co (PIMCO) said on Thursday it has named insider Alec Kersman as the new head of its Asia-Pacific business. Kersman, currently the head of strategi...
Thomson Reuters Feb 24, 2021
New Chinese study finds milder variants of African swine fever virus
BEIJING (Reuters) - New variants of the African swine fever virus circulating in China appear to cause a milder form of the disease, making it less deadly but harder to detect and to get under control...
Thomson Reuters Feb 24, 2021
U.S., allies respond to Iranian 'provocations' with studied calm
By Arshad Mohammed and John Irish WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) - In the week since Washington offered to talk with Tehran about reviving the 2015 nuclear deal, Iran has curbed U.N. monitoring, threatene...
Thomson Reuters Feb 24, 2021
Golf: Sorenstam says not returning to LPGA Tour full time
(Reuters) - Annika Sorenstam says she is looking forward to playing at this week's LPGA Tour event in Florida after 13 years away but the 10-times major champion has no plans to make a permanent comeb...
Thomson Reuters Feb 24, 2021
