Author Archives: Syndicated Content
World Sailing eye Tokyo qualifiers in late 2020 or early 2021
(Reuters) - World Sailing is planning to stage Olympic qualification events later this year or in early 2021 in the wake of the Tokyo Games' postponement, the sport's governing body has said. The Inte...
Mar 24, 2020
Stop the clock: Japan awakes to reality of Tokyo Games postponement
By Jack Tarrant and Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan awoke on Wednesday to the deflating reality that the Olympics they had hoped to host in Tokyo this summer were now probably 16 months away after...
Mar 24, 2020
Australia says it strongly objects to China's indictment of writer
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia strongly objects to the formal indictment of Chinese-Australian writer Yang Hengju, who continues to be held in "unacceptable" conditions, Foreign Minister Marise Payne sa...
Mar 24, 2020
U.S. task force to tackle coronavirus market manipulation, hoarding
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is launching a task force to address market manipulation, hoarding and price gouging related to the coronavirus pandemic, following an order ...
Mar 24, 2020
U.S. automakers to extend shutdown into April: sources
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Detroit's Big Three automakers plan to extend a current shutdown of vehicle production in North America into April as the coronavirus pandemic continues, peo...
Mar 24, 2020
India bans export of key malaria drug amid coronavirus outbreak
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Indian government said on Wednesday that it is banning the export of hydroxychloroquine and formulations made from the medication, as experts test the efficacy of the drug in...
Mar 24, 2020
Countdown switched off at Tokyo station clock
TOKYO (Reuters) - Passers-by in front of Tokyo Station gathered around a popular Olympics countdown clock to take pictures on Wednesday as it stopped displaying the number of days until the Games afte...
Mar 24, 2020
Magnitude 7.8 quake strikes off Russia's Kuril Islands: USGS
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck offshore 218 kilometers south-southeast of Severo in Russia's Kuril Islands, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said on Tuesday. The U.S. National Tsun...
Mar 24, 2020
Now is time to be positive and prepare, says JOC head
TOKYO (Reuters) - The president of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC), Yasuhiro Yamashita, said on Wednesday he wanted to make the Games successful after an additional year of preparation, following...
Mar 24, 2020
One fifth of American companies in China back to normal operations: survey
BEIJING (Reuters) - More than one fifth of American companies in China are back to normal operations after widespread disruptions caused by the coronavirus epidemic, a survey showed Wednesday. Nearly ...
Mar 24, 2020
