Author Archives: Syndicated Content
NFL roundup: Chiefs down Saints for 9th straight win
Patrick Mahomes threw three touchdown passes and the visiting Kansas City Chiefs won their ninth consecutive game by defeating the New Orleans Saints 32-29 on Sunday in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Ma...
Dec 20, 2020
Australia regulator chief Sims says Google and Facebook draft laws fair, critical for media future
By Jane Wardell SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Chairman (ACCC) Rod Sims said proposed laws that will make Australia the first country in the world to force Google an...
Dec 20, 2020
Hong Kong court rules mask ban constitutional for all public meetings
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's highest court on Monday ruled the city's government had the right to invoke colonial-era emergency powers last year to ban the wearing of masks at all public processi...
Dec 20, 2020
China's stunning export comeback has factories scrambling for workers
By Gabriel Crossley and Stella Qiu BEIJING (Reuters) - China's manufacturing recovery, fuelled in part by demand from COVID-constrained consumers abroad, has soared past expectations this year, so muc...
Dec 20, 2020
U.S. Senate votes to extend government funding to avoid shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted unanimously on Sunday to extend federal funding through Dec. 21 to avoid a government shutdown, giving lawmakers more time to pass a $900 billion COVID-19 ...
Dec 20, 2020
Exclusive: India plans tough annual targets for state firms to boost valuations - sources
By Nidhi Verma and Aftab Ahmed NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India plans to set tough financial targets for state-run firms to try to improve their valuations ahead of a push by Prime Minister Narendra Modi t...
Dec 20, 2020
Japan's record $1 trln budget highlights COVID-19 challenge to growth, debt
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's cabinet approved on Monday a record $1.03 trillion budget draft for the next fiscal year starting in April 2021, the Ministry of Finance said, as the cor...
Dec 20, 2020
South Korea reports record daily coronavirus deaths, raids
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea recorded its highest daily death toll from the coronavirus, health authorities said on Monday, as a surge in infections strains the health system and prompt...
Dec 20, 2020
Amazon shuts New Jersey facility till Dec. 26 as virus cases rise among workers
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Sunday it had closed one of its warehouses in New Jersey out of caution till Dec. 26, after seeing an increase in asymptomatic positive cases amongst workers. "Throu...
Dec 20, 2020
Shell reaps $2.5 billion from sale of minority stake in Queensland Curtis LNG facilities
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Shell said on Monday it has agreed to sell a 26.25% stake in its Queensland Curtis LNG (QCLNG) facilities to Global Infrastructure Partners Australia for $2.5 bill...
Dec 20, 2020
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