Author Archives: Syndicated Content
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
Chinese delegation met with leaders of Nepal's ruling party, opposition
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese delegation to Nepal met with the leaders of both the ruling party and the opposition, China's foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Thursday. Guo Yezhou, vice mi...
Dec 31, 2020
Top 25 roundup: No. 7 Tennessee routs No. 12 Missouri
Santiago Vescovi led a balanced offense with 15 points as No. 7 Tennessee rolled to a 73-53 victory over No. 12 Missouri on Wednesday in Columbia, Mo. The Volunteers (7-0, 1-0 Southeastern Conference)...
Dec 31, 2020
NBA roundup: Milestones for James, Hammon as Lakers beat Spurs
LeBron James scored 26 points, including two key baskets down the stretch, to lead the visiting Los Angeles Lakers to a 121-107 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday. On his 36th birthday, J...
Dec 31, 2020
Czech Republic reports 16,939 COVID-19 cases, highest number to date - ministry
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic reported a record high 16,939 daily cases of COVID-19 for the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Thursday. The central European country of 10.7 million pe...
Dec 31, 2020
Take Five: Vaccine over virus (or Happy New Year)
1/COVID-19 IN '21 All hopes for next year - everything from stock market returns to restaurant bookings - are bound up with the view that vaccines will gradually restore normality to a pandemic-ravage...
Dec 31, 2020
Exclusive: Chinese regulators probe Ant Group's equity investments - sources
By Julie Zhu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese regulators are reviewing equity investments held by Ant Group Co Ltd in dozens of companies, three people with knowledge of the matter said, intensifying a c...
Dec 31, 2020
After a harrowing 2020, Asia tiptoes into the New Year
(Reuters) - As Asia says goodbye to 2020 - a tumultuous year that saw the planet roiled by a deadly pandemic - celebrations will be smaller, shorter and more muted amid fears of coronavirus flare-ups....
Dec 31, 2020
