Author Archives: Syndicated Content
India says reached accord with China for troop pull back on disputed border
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India and China have agreed to disengage troops from a bitterly contested lake area in the western Himalayas, the Indian defence minister said on Thursday, in a breakthrough afte...
Feb 10, 2021
Ties now optional in New Zealand parliament after Maori MP's protest
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand male lawmakers are no longer required to wear a necktie in parliament after the rule was dropped following a Maori MP's protest, calling a tie a 'colonial noose'. Sp...
Feb 10, 2021
U.S. CDC says fully vaccinated people need not quarantine after COVID-19 exposure
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Wednesday people who have been given full doses of the coronavirus vaccine no longer need to quarantine after an exposure ...
Feb 10, 2021
An election, a mine deal and China loom over Zambia's IMF talks
By Joe Bavier and Karin Strohecker JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Zambia and the International Monetary Fund begin discussing a loan programme and debt relief for Africa's first pandemic-era sovereign defau...
Feb 10, 2021
Malaysia offers COVID-19 vaccinations to foreign residents, undocumented migrants
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia will extend its free COVID-19 vaccination programme to all foreigners residing in the country, including students, refugees and undocumented migrants, the government ...
Feb 10, 2021
Zimbabwe purchases 600,000 Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccinations - information minister
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe has purchased 600,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses from China's Sinopharm, in addition to 200,000 China has donated, its information minister said on Wednesday, adding these were...
Feb 10, 2021
Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus
USTRALIA CORORN(Reuters) - Health authorities in Australia's Victoria state ramped up contact tracing and prepared for more mass testing of residents in Melbourne after a new COVID-19 cluster linked t...
Feb 10, 2021
Exclusive: Goldman, other financial firms add China staff, eyeing growth
By Scott Murdoch and Samuel Shen HONG KONG (Reuters) - Global financial firms including Goldman Sachs, BlackRock and Fidelity International are poised to add hundreds of staff in China this year as th...
Feb 10, 2021
Australian Open champion Kenin crashes out in second round
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Reigning champion Sofia Kenin crashed out of the Australian Open in the second round on Thursday, slumping to a 6-3 6-2 defeat at the hands of world number 65 Kaia Kanepi on Marg...
Feb 10, 2021
Barty wobbles before winning all-Australia clash
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - World number one Ash Barty suffered a meltdown on the brink of victory but regathered herself to fend off compatriot Daria Gavrilova 6-1 7-6(7) and reach the third round of the A...
Feb 10, 2021
