Author Archives: Syndicated Content
How South Korea turned an urban planning system into a virus tracking database
By Hyonhee Shin, Hyunjoo Jin and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - When a man in Seoul tested positive for the new coronavirus in May, South Korean authorities were able to confirm his wide-ranging movemen...
May 21, 2020
North Korea's Kim keeps low public profile in May: analysts
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has made an unusually small number of public appearances in the past two months, once again going three weeks without state media report...
May 21, 2020
Philippine lawmaker proposes tax targeting tech giants to fund virus fight
MANILA (Reuters) - A Philippine lawmaker has introduced a bill in parliament aimed at taxing big tech firms such as Facebook, Alphabet's Google and Youtube, Netflix and Spotify, to raise funds to batt...
May 21, 2020
New Zealand opposition leader ousted as PM Ardern's popularity soars
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The leader of New Zealand's main opposition party was ousted on Friday after opinion polls showed he was no match for the soaring popularity of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern as ...
May 21, 2020
Australian police seize 'ice' hidden in hand sanitiser bottles
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian police have seized about two kilograms of crystal meth or 'ice', that drug smugglers had hidden in boxes of face masks and hand sanitiser bottles sent from Canada. An ins...
May 21, 2020
Guatemala president scolds U.S. for deporting migrants with coronavirus
By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei criticized the United States on Thursday for sending back migrants infected with the novel coronavirus to his Centr...
May 21, 2020
Reinforcements sent to California border hospital hit by coronavirus surge
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Emergency medical reinforcements began work on Thursday at a small Southern California hospital straining to cope with a recent surge in coronavirus patients, s...
May 21, 2020
Some local Chinese governments face big pressure in safeguarding livelihoods: finance minister
BEIJING (Reuters) - Some local governments face relatively big pressure in safeguarding people's livelihood and wages, China's finance minister Liu Kun said on Friday on the sidelines of the meeting o...
May 21, 2020
Adams, Jets at impasse on contract talks
The ongoing saga between the New York Jets and Jamal Adams has hit an impasse, and the star safety is not happy about it, multiple media outlets reported Thursday. The sides reportedly have had severa...
May 21, 2020
Australia's most populous state to relax restrictions on restaurants, cafes
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's most populous state said on Friday restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus will be eased to allow cafes and restaurants to have up to 50 patrons from June...
May 21, 2020
