Author Archives: Syndicated Content
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
South Korea moves coronavirus patients out of nursing homes after spike in deaths
By Sangmi Cha and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - Dozens of elderly South Korean coronavirus patients were transferred from nursing homes to hospitals this week after criticism that government policy had...
Dec 31, 2020
Indonesia receives 1.8 million more doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia received its second batch of coronavirus vaccines from Sinovac on Thursday, the country's foreign and health ministers said, as the world's fourth most populous country p...
Dec 31, 2020
China jails 29 Taiwanese deported from Spain for fraud
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Beijing court sentenced 29 people from Taiwan who had been deported from Spain to up to 14 years in jail on Thursday for telecoms fraud, state media said, part of a series of dep...
Dec 31, 2020
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
