Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Tokyo 2020 chief expects vaccine rollout to aid Games
By Jack Tarrant and Hideto Sakai TOKYO (Reuters) - Six months from the start of the rearranged Olympics, Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto is cautiously hopeful that successful rollouts of COVID-19 vaccines...
Jan 21, 2021
Hong Kong to place tens of thousands in lockdown for first time: report
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong will place tens of thousands of its residents in a lockdown to contain a new outbreak of the coronavirus, the first such measure the Chinese-ruled city has taken since ...
Jan 21, 2021
Syrian air defenses confront "Israeli aggression" in Hama: state media
CAIRO (Reuters) - Syrian air defenses confronted early on Friday "an Israeli aggression" in the governorate of Hama, state media said, after reporting that explosions where heard there. (Reporting by ...
Jan 21, 2021
Tokyo Olympic organizers say fully focused on hosting Games this summer
TOKYO (Reuters) - Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics said all event partners, including the Japanese government and the International Olympic Committee, were "fully focused" on hosting the Games this su...
Jan 21, 2021
Japan to start coronavirus vaccinations with Pfizer vaccines
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's vaccine programme chief Taro Kono said on Friday the country would begin coronavirus vaccinations with Pfizer's vaccine, and aimed to start vaccinations as early as late Febr...
Jan 21, 2021
Tennis: Tough draw for Djokovic's Serbia in ATP Cup
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Reigning champions Serbia, led by world number one Novak Djokovic, will play Germany and Canada in the group stage of the ATP Cup in Melbourne next week after the draw was made on F...
Jan 21, 2021
Japan PM says determined to realise Olympics, will cooperate with Tokyo and IOC
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday that he was determined to realise the Tokyo Olympics. His comments came after a media report said the government concluded the Ga...
Jan 21, 2021
Oil drops as new COVID cases in China trigger clampdowns
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil prices fell in early trade on Friday, retreating further from 11-month highs hit last week, on worries new pandemic restrictions in China will curb fuel demand in the world's...
Jan 21, 2021
Japan's consumer prices fall at decade-fast pace, add to deflation fears
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's core consumer prices slumped in December at the fastest annual pace in a decade, a sign of intensifying deflationary pressures that sharpen the case for the c...
Jan 21, 2021
Dollar's bounce fades as risk appetite rises
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar was headed for its worst week of the year on Friday, as investors cheered in the Joe Biden administration by buying riskier currencies and refreshed b...
Jan 21, 2021
