Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Australia's Queensland shuts state border to stem COVID-19 second wave
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's Queensland state on Wednesday said it would close its border with New South Wales state to hold back a second wave of COVID-19, while the country's sec...
Aug 04, 2020
Alibaba Health raises $1.3 billion in Hong Kong's biggest secondary share sale in 5 years
By Scott Murdoch HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese healthcare services firm Alibaba Health Information Technology has raised nearly $1.3 billion in Hong Kong's largest follow-on share sale in five years, ...
Aug 04, 2020
NZ Breakers looking at Australian base for new season
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The New Zealand Breakers may have to follow the lead of the Wellington Phoenix football team and rugby league's NZ Warriors by basing themselves in Australia for the next Nation...
Aug 04, 2020
U.S. Representative Maloney declares victory in New York Democratic primary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Carolyn Maloney, who has represented parts of New York City in Congress since 1993, declared victory in a hard-fought Democratic primary on Tuesday, defeatin...
Aug 04, 2020
Dollar dented as yields dive on recovery worries
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar was under pressure on Wednesday from a towering euro and crumbling U.S. yields, as the latest coronavirus relief package got bogged down in Congress a...
Aug 04, 2020
India's police shamed by rare murder probe into custodial deaths
By Sudarshan Varadhan and Abhirup Roy CHENNAI (Reuters) - It took a while for Indians to learn how a father and son died in hospital with blood pouring from their rectum, days after police in small so...
Aug 04, 2020
Australia PM says building Indo-Pacific alliance will be 'critical priority'
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday that building an Indo-Pacific alliance with like-minded nations will be a "critical priority" for his government, warning t...
Aug 04, 2020
China reports 27 new coronavirus cases in mainland for Aug. 4
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China reported 27 new coronavirus cases in the mainland for Aug. 4, down from 36 cases a day earlier, the country's health commission said on Wednesday. Five of the new infections...
Aug 04, 2020
U.S. coronavirus fraud losses near $100 million as COVID scams double
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. losses from coronavirus-related fraud and identity theft have reached nearly $100 million since the pandemic emerged in March, while complaints of COVID-19...
Aug 04, 2020
Mexico reports 6,148 coronavirus cases and 857 more deaths
MONTERREY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry on Tuesday reported 6,148 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 857 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 449,961 cases and 48,869 de...
Aug 04, 2020
