Author Archives: Syndicated Content
North Korea, U.S. should aim for initial nuclear freeze: South Korean PM
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea and the United States should seek an initial denuclearisation deal that includes a halt to the North's nuclear activity and a cut in its programme in exch...
Jan 28, 2021
Olympics: Federations' finances hit by Tokyo delay, but no bankruptcy fears
By Karolos Grohmann BERLIN (Reuters) - The 28 Olympic sports federations have taken a big financial hit due to the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics by a year, but even if the Games were cancelled th...
Jan 28, 2021
Ukraine parliament votes to speed up vaccine registrations
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's parliament on Thursday backed plans to accelerate and simplify the registration of COVID-19 vaccines as the country prepares to start vaccinating its 41 million people. The ...
Jan 28, 2021
Exclusive: China likely to avoid setting 2021 GDP target over debt concerns, sources say
By Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) - China will likely avoid setting a 2021 growth target, dropping the closely watched measure for a second straight year on concerns that maintaining one could encourage ...
Jan 28, 2021
NOTES: UND looks keep home groove rolling vs. WIU
Next Game: vs. Western Illinois The University of North Dakota men’s basketball team will look to make it two straight wins at home and five straight overall against Western Illinois on Friday n...
Jan 28, 2021
Russian authorities target ally of Kremlin foe Navalny before jail appeal
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian investigators said on Thursday they had opened a criminal case into Leonid Volkov, a close ally of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, hours before a court was due to hear...
Jan 28, 2021
GameStop slugfest spreads as calls for probe build
By Sagarika Jaisinghani and Nikhil Nainan (Reuters) - The battle between small-time traders and hedge funds that has shaken U.S. and European stock markets moved into Asia on Thursday, with surges in ...
Jan 28, 2021
BaFin files Wirecard-related criminal complaint against employee
BERLIN (Reuters) - German financial watchdog BaFin said on Thursday it had filed a criminal complaint against one of its employees in relation to suspected insider trading in collapsed payments compan...
Jan 28, 2021
Veteran Yankees pitcher Tanaka agrees return to Japan's Rakuten
TOKYO (Reuters) - Pitcher Masahiro Tanaka has agreed to return to Japanese baseball team the Rakuten Eagles after spending seven seasons with the New York Yankees, Rakuten announced on its website on ...
Jan 28, 2021
Taiwan asks Germany to help obtain coronavirus vaccines
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan has sought Germany's help in securing COVID-19 vaccines, Economy Minister Wang Mei-hua said on Thursday, after Berlin asked for the island's assistance in easing a shortage o...
Jan 28, 2021
