Author Archives: Syndicated Content
"No end in sight": Portugal's hospitals on brink as COVID cases surge
By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira CASCAIS, Portugal (Reuters) - COVID-19 patient Joao Cordeiro has beaten the virus and is about to go home, and his children also made quick recoveries from the di...
Jan 28, 2021
Curbed by COVID, China's Lunar New Year travel rush turns into trickle
BEIJING (Reuters) - As a lone worker in protective gear sprayed disinfectant outside Beijing Railway Station, a slow trickle of passengers wheeled suitcases into the entrance hall - marking the quiete...
Jan 28, 2021
Far-right gunman handed life sentence for killing German politician
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A German court sentenced a far-right sympathiser to life imprisonment on Thursday for shooting dead a pro-immigration politician two years ago in a case that raised questions abo...
Jan 28, 2021
Qualcomm loses fight against EU antitrust regulators' data demand
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Qualcomm on Thursday lost its fight against a data demand from EU antitrust regulators after Europe's top court reaffirmed the regulators' right to see it, in a ca...
Jan 28, 2021
Electric vehicle firm Faraday Future to go public through $3.4 billion SPAC deal
(Reuters) - Electric vehicle maker Faraday Future has agreed to go public through a merger with blank-check firm Property Solutions Acquisition Corp in a deal valuing the combined entity at $3.4 billi...
Jan 28, 2021
Tokyo Olympic organisers say no doubts or objections from partners about Japan's games
TOKYO (Reuters) - Representatives from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic organising committee told reporters on Thursday there were no doubts or objections from any of its partners about Japan hosting the Summer...
Jan 28, 2021
Malaysia reports 4,094 new coronavirus cases, 10 new deaths
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia reported 4,094 coronavirus cases on Thursday, raising the cumulative total in the country to 198,208 infections. The health ministry also reported 10 new deaths, brin...
Jan 28, 2021
UK will review quarantine country list on Thursday
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will review a list of countries affected by quarantine measures, senior minister Michael Gove said on Thursday, after the country announced plans for some travellers to have...
Jan 28, 2021
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
