Author Archives: Syndicated Content
South Africa to receive extra 20 million COVID-19 vaccines, paper says
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa has secured an additional 20 million coronavirus vaccines manufactured by Pfizer, national newspaper The Sunday Times reported on Sunday, citing an interview with...
Jan 31, 2021
Navalny, WHO and Thunberg among nominees for Nobel Peace Prize
By Gwladys Fouche and Nora Buli OSLO (Reuters) - Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, the World Health Organization and climate campaigner Greta Thunberg are among those nominated for this year's Nobel P...
Jan 31, 2021
India's Modi breaks silence on months long farm protests
By Alasdair Pal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's prime minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday protesters that stormed New Delhi's Red Fort had caused "insult" to the country, his first public comments on ...
Jan 31, 2021
Nguyen Phu Trong, Vietnam's anti-corruption czar, crowned party chief again
By James Pearson HANOI (Reuters) - Nguyen Phu Trong, re-elected as Vietnam's most powerful man on Sunday, is one of the Southeast Asian country's strongest and longest-serving leaders since founding r...
Jan 31, 2021
Ostapenko battles back to go through in Gippsland Trophy
(Reuters) - Former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko fought back from a set down to reach the second round of the Gippsland Trophy as a raft of Australian Open warm-up tournaments got underway at ...
Jan 31, 2021
South Korea to extend COVID-19 curbs into Lunar New Year holidays
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea will extend its social distancing curbs by two weeks until the end of the Lunar New Year holidays as new infection clusters emerge in the country, Prime M...
Jan 31, 2021
NBA roundup: Blazers win on last-second Damian Lillard trey
Damian Lillard made a 3-pointer as time expired to give the Portland Trail Blazers a 123-122 win over the host Chicago Bulls on Saturday night. Teammates mobbed Lillard after his step-back shot over t...
Jan 31, 2021
Vietnam ruling Communist Party chief Trong re-elected for third term: state media
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's ruling Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, 76, has been re-elected for a rare third five-year term, state media said on Sunday, cementing his position as the country's ...
Jan 31, 2021
Swiatek ready to embrace spotlight again after 'comfortable' quarantine
(Reuters) - Some of the world's top tennis players criticised Australia's strict hotel quarantine rules ahead of the Australian Open but for French Open champion Iga Swiatek it was almost a source of ...
Jan 31, 2021
Unusual circumstances, but time to talk tennis for Nadal
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal brushed aside questions about the Australian Open quarantine on Sunday and said it was time to get down to the business of playing tennis and entertaining fans around ...
Jan 31, 2021
