Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Top 25 roundup: No. 20 Virginia Tech hangs on to beat Wake Forest
Tyrece Radford scored 20 points and No. 20 Virginia Tech made enough defensive stops down the stretch to escape with a 64-60 road victory against Wake Forest on Sunday night in Winston-Salem, N.C. Dav...
Jan 18, 2021
NBA roundup: Knicks cruise in rout of Celtics
Julius Randle and RJ Barrett each posted double-doubles Sunday afternoon as the visiting New York Knicks snapped a five-game losing streak with their most lopsided win in almost five years, a 105-75 r...
Jan 18, 2021
New coronavirus variant hits posh Swiss resort of St Moritz
ZURICH (Reuters) - Health authorities quarantined two hotels and closed ski schools in the posh Swiss resort of St Moritz on Monday to try to curb an outbreak of the highly infections new coronavirus ...
Jan 18, 2021
Saudis vowed to stop executing minors; some death sentences remain, rights groups say
By Raya Jalabi DUBAI (Reuters) - Five people who committed crimes in Saudi Arabia as minors have yet to have their death sentences revoked, according to two rights groups, nine months after the kingdo...
Jan 18, 2021
Japan PM vows to press ahead with Olympics amid virus surge
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga vowed on Monday to forge ahead with preparations to hold the Tokyo Olympics this summer, in the face of growing public opposition to the Games ...
Jan 17, 2021
Japan PM Suga: Will exhaust all means to protect pandemic-hit medical system
By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Monday his government will take all possible measures to protect the country's medical system, as hospitals creak u...
Jan 17, 2021
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Vaccination programme moves to more groups in England England will launch the next phase of its vaccination programme on Monda...
Jan 17, 2021
Samsung's Lee receives two-and-a-half year jail term from Seoul court
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Seoul High Court sentenced Samsung Electronics vice chairman Jay Y. Lee to a two-and-a-half year jail term, the court said on Monday. Lee, 52, was convicted of bribing ...
Jan 17, 2021
Exclusive: Southeast Asia's Grab considering U.S. IPO this year - sources
By Anshuman Daga SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Southeast Asian ride-hailing and food delivery giant Grab is exploring a listing in the United States this year, encouraged by robust investor appetite for IPOs,...
Jan 17, 2021
Vietnam gives Foxconn unit licence for $270 million plant to produce laptops, tablets
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam on Monday awarded a licence to a unit of Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Co Ltd to build a $270 million plant to produce laptops and tablets, the Vietnamese government said. The ...
Jan 17, 2021
