Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Spurs' Hammon makes NBA history as first woman to lead team
San Antonio Spurs assistant coach Becky Hammon made history on Wednesday, becoming the first woman to take charge of an NBA team when she took over after head coach Gregg Popovich was ejected. Popovic...
Dec 31, 2020
Turkish police detain Islamic State suspects -Anadolu
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police detained people suspected of ties to the Islamic State militant group in an operation targeting a total of 35 foreign suspects in Istanbul on Thursday, state-owned ...
Dec 31, 2020
Philippine islands self-isolate after new COVID-19 variant found in Malaysia
MANILA (Reuters) - A province of islands in the southern Philippines will seal itself off for an initial two weeks from Monday to keep out a new COVID-19 variant found in nearby Malaysia, its governor...
Dec 31, 2020
U.S. Census Bureau to miss year-end deadline for first set of 2020 numbers
(Reuters) - The U.S. Census Bureau will miss a year-end deadline to produce the population count used to divide seats in Congress between the states, it said on Wednesday. "We continue to process the ...
Dec 31, 2020
Wall Street Week Ahead: Investors bullish on stocks, hoping for a brighter 2021
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks are closing 2020 on a strong note, and many investors are betting the party will continue after a tumultuous year that marked both the end of the ...
Dec 31, 2020
COVID-19 shook, rattled and rolled the global economy in 2020
By Dan Burns and Mark John (Reuters) - When 2020 dawned, the global economy had just notched its 10th straight year of uninterrupted growth, a streak most economists and government finance officials e...
Dec 31, 2020
Tokyo's daily coronavirus infections top 1,000 for first time - Kyodo
TOKYO (Reuters) - New coronavirus infections in Tokyo hit more than 1,000 cases for the first time on Thursday, Kyodo news agency reported, citing the city's governor Yuriko Koike, raising worries abo...
Dec 30, 2020
Explainer-What's driving New Caledonian protests against Brazilian mining giant Vale
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Riots erupted in December in New Caledonia, a French territory in the Pacific, with protesters blockading nickel mines and challenging Brazilian mining giant Vale'...
Dec 30, 2020
Thailand reports 194 new coronavirus cases
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand confirmed 194 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, the majority of which were locally transmitted, the government's COVID-19 task-force said. The new infections include 13 i...
Dec 30, 2020
Heavy snow and COVID-19 crimp New Year celebrations in Japan
TOKYO (Reuters) - Scores of flights were cancelled as heavy snowfall hit several areas of Japan on Thursday, while New Year's Eve celebrations were curtailed as the country tackles a third wave of the...
Dec 30, 2020
