Author Archives: Syndicated Content
From tubs to toilets, Vietnam hotel opens with gold-plated pizzazz
By Minh Nguyen HANOI (Reuters) - A five-star hotel in Vietnamese capital Hanoi has opened with a twist that it hopes will attract guests with intimately expensive tastes: gold-plated bath tubs, basins...
Jul 03, 2020
Death toll rises above 160 in Myanmar jade mine collapse
(Reuters) - The death toll in a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar has risen above 160, with more feared dead, authorities said on Friday, as search efforts continued for a second day. A hea...
Jul 03, 2020
Singapore May retail sales crash 52.1% in record drop
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore total retail sales fell a record 52.1% on a year-on-year basis in May, when the city-state was under a lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19 infections, according ...
Jul 03, 2020
Thailand reports one new coronavirus case, imported from abroad
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Authorities in Thailand on Friday reported one new coronavirus infection in a quarantined Thai national returning from the Middle East, stretching to 39 days its record of no local...
Jul 02, 2020
Trump again hails U.S. COVID-19 testing as cases rise by record levels
(Reuters) - President Donald Trump, yet again, hailed the United States' coronavirus testing as COVID-19 cases in the country increased by more than 55,000 on Thursday, a new daily global record for t...
Jul 02, 2020
Australia's Westpac to pay $5.5 million for staff underpayment
(Reuters) - Australia's Westpac Banking Corp on Friday said it will have to pay A$8 million ($5.54 million) to around 8,000 employees who were found to have been underpaid their long service leave ent...
Jul 02, 2020
Swimming: Morning finals for Australian nationals ahead of Tokyo Olympics
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's national championships in Adelaide next year will have heats in the evening and finals in the morning to help swimmers prepare for a similar schedule at the Tokyo Olympi...
Jul 02, 2020
Indigenous leaders angry about coronavirus risk from Brazilian military visit
BOA VISTA, Brazil (Reuters) - Leaders of an isolated indigenous Yanomami community in Brazil have complained that a military mission to protect them from the coronavirus brought greater risk of infect...
Jul 02, 2020
Sailing: Team New Zealand victim of 'sinister attack,' says Dalton
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Team New Zealand boss Grant Dalton said on Friday there had been a "deliberate" and "sinister" attempt to damage their reputation ahead of their America's Cup defence and that t...
Jul 02, 2020
Taiwan's Foxconn says customs clearing procedures in India have been resolved
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Apple supplier Foxconn said on Friday customs clearing procedures in India have been resolved, as additional scrutiny by the country of imports from China disrupted operations in so...
Jul 02, 2020
