Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Olympics: Human Rights Watch report documents abuse of child athletes in Japanese sport
By Jack Tarrant TOKYO (Reuters) - A Human Rights Watch report has found child athletes in Japan often suffer physical and verbal abuse and sometimes sexual abuse when training for sport after document...
Jul 20, 2020
Rare LeBron trading card brings $1.84 million at auction
(Reuters) - A rare trading card of NBA great LeBron James' 2003-04 rookie campaign with the Cleveland Cavaliers fetched $1.84 million at auction over the weekend, the league has said. Bidding for the ...
Jul 20, 2020
Bangladesh allows late-stage trial of China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine
DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh has approved the third-phase trial of a potential COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd, officials said on Monday, as infections continue to rise in th...
Jul 20, 2020
Tomorrow Group-linked shares tumble after China seizes affiliated financial firms
By Julie Zhu and Cheng Leng HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - Shares in two companies with connections to troubled Chinese conglomerate Tomorrow Holdings Co Ltd slumped on Monday after regulators seized c...
Jul 20, 2020
Poland's foreign minister signals he may quit
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz signalled on Monday he may resign from his job as the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party considers personnel changes in the government fo...
Jul 20, 2020
BNP Paribas plays long-game to be Europe's banking winner from COVID crisis
By Maya Nikolaeva and Gwnalle Barzic PARIS (Reuters) - When the COVID-19 crisis struck Europe, companies turned to one bank more than any other to arrange emergency loans: BNP Paribas . The French len...
Jul 20, 2020
Democracy activist Joshua Wong launches bid for Hong Kong legislature
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Prominent Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong applied on Monday to run for a seat in the Chinese-ruled city's legislature, raising the prospect of a battle with authorities ...
Jul 20, 2020
Huawei Italy executive says TIM decision not political: newspaper
MILAN (Reuters) - Huawei Technologies will continue working with Telecom Italia despite being shut out of a recent tender to supply new generation 5G technology, the chairman of the group's Italian un...
Jul 20, 2020
Ebay nears deal to sell classified-ads unit to Norway's Adventia: WSJ
(Reuters) - EBay Inc is in advanced talks to sell its classified-ads unit to Norwegian group Adevinta as the online auction pioneer seeks to refocus on its core marketplace business, the Wall Street J...
Jul 20, 2020
Chinese artist holds his tongue in protest of pandemic censorship
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - To protest censorship during the COVID-19 outbreak, a Chinese artist known as Brother Nut kept his mouth shut for 30 days, using metal clasps, gloves, duct tape and other items. I...
Jul 20, 2020
