Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Polish President Duda infected with coronavirus; thousands protest against curbs
By Kacper Pempel and Marcin Goclowski WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish President Andrzej Duda has tested positive for coronavirus, authorities said on Saturday, and police used tear gas on several occasions ...
Thomson Reuters Oct 24, 2020
Olympics: Tokyo finally opens Aquatics Centre with hopeful ceremony
By Jack Tarrant TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike finally inaugurated on Saturday the Aquatics Centre for next year's rescheduled Olympics, seven months after it was supposed to open. The ...
Thomson Reuters Oct 24, 2020
Thailand reports one more local coronavirus infection
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand reported one more locally transmitted case of the coronavirus on Saturday, after confirming five domestic infections last week. The new patient is a 57-year-old French wom...
Thomson Reuters Oct 24, 2020
Asia becomes second region to exceed 10 million coronavirus cases
By Anurag Maan (Reuters) - Asia surpassed 10 million infections of the new coronavirus on Saturday, the second-heaviest regional toll in the world, according to a Reuters tally, as cases continue to m...
Thomson Reuters Oct 24, 2020
Thai king's praise for loyalist stirs passions amid protests
By Jiraporn Kuhakan and Orathai Sriring BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn's praise for a "very brave" man who held up a royal portrait at an anti-establishment rally has won acclaim fr...
Thomson Reuters Oct 24, 2020
Britain's Prince Charles wrote to support historic Australian PM sacking: media
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Charles sent a hand-written letter of support to Australia's governor general in 1976, backing his controversial sacking of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, local medi...
Thomson Reuters Oct 23, 2020
Ant Group IPO pricing 'history's largest', says Alibaba's Jack Ma
By Samuel Shen and Brenda Goh SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The mammoth dual listing for Chinese fintech giant Ant Group will be the world's biggest, according to a pricing determined on Friday night, Alibaba ...
Thomson Reuters Oct 23, 2020
North Korea says China dust could spread COVID-19, warns people to stay inside
By Hyun Young Yi and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has warned its citizens to stay indoors, saying seasonal yellow dust blowing in from China might carry the new coronavirus into the cou...
Thomson Reuters Oct 23, 2020
Trump to vote in Florida before hitting campaign trail, Biden heads to Pennsylvania
By John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will vote in his adopted home of Florida before holding campaign rallies in three swing states on Saturday, joining more than 53 millio...
Thomson Reuters Oct 23, 2020
Dodgers bounce back to take 2-1 World Series lead
(Reuters) - Los Angeles scored early and often and ace Walker Buehler overpowered the Tampa Bay Rays as the Dodgers bounced back from their Game 2 loss with a 6-2 victory to take a 2-1 lead in the Wor...
Thomson Reuters Oct 23, 2020
