Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Hong Kong's top court puts media tycoon Jimmy Lai back in custody
By Katherine Cheng HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's top court has remanded media and publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai, the most high-profile person to be charged under the Chinese-ruled city's national se...
Dec 31, 2020
Man shot dead in gunfire exchange with Minneapolis Police
(Reuters) - Minneapolis Police shot and killed a man in an exchange of gunfire during a traffic stop in the southern part of the city late on Wednesday, in the first killing by a member of the departm...
Dec 31, 2020
European stocks retreat in thin trading, set to end 2020 with losses
(Reuters) - European stocks retreated on Thursday as investors squared positions on the last trading day of the year, while wider coronavirus lockdowns in Britain and news that the United States had r...
Dec 31, 2020
Apple removes 39,000 game apps from China store to meet deadline
By Pei Li HONG KONG (Reuters) - Apple removed 39,000 game apps on its China store Thursday, the biggest removal ever in a single day, as it set year-end as deadline for all game publishers to obtain a...
Dec 31, 2020
Russia to supply Algeria with Sputnik V vaccine - RDIF
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has signed a contract with Algeria to supply it with the Sputnik V vaccine, the RDIF sovereign wealth fund said on Thursday. The RDIF statement did not say how many doses had...
Dec 31, 2020
Gators rattled: No. 8 Oklahoma routs Florida in Cotton Bowl
By Stephen Hawkins ARLINGTON, Texas - Lincoln Riley will remember this Oklahoma season for a long time. It took a lot to get to the end of it - with two significant trophies. The No. 8 Sooners ...
Dec 31, 2020
Russia reports 27,747 new COVID-19 cases, 593 deaths
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia reported 27,747 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, including 6,566 in Moscow, taking the national tally to 3,159,297 since the pandemic began. Authorities reported 593 deaths in...
Dec 31, 2020
China holds sway in Nepal as rival communist factions create crisis
By Gopal Sharma and Rupam Jain KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Alarmed that a political crisis in Nepal could endanger China's strategic interests and Belt and Road projects, a Chinese Communist Party emissary ...
Dec 31, 2020
France minister defends slow start to vaccination campaign
PARIS (Reuters) - France will not fail in its COVID-19 vaccination campaign, its European Affairs Minister Clement Beaune said on Thursday, after coming under fire for the slow start of its roll-out c...
Dec 31, 2020
Norwegian rescuers hunt for 10 missing after landslide
By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian rescuers deployed drones and dogs to negotiate unstable clay soil in a search for 10 people still missing on Thursday after a landslide in southern Norway ...
Dec 31, 2020
