Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Tajikistan set to elect parliament loyal to strongman leader
ALMATY (Reuters) - Tajikistan votes in a parliamentary election on Sunday that will produce a legislature loyal to President Imomali Rakhmon who has run the ex-Soviet Central Asian nation for a quarte...
Thomson Reuters Mar 01, 2020
Members of church at center of South Korea's coronavirus outbreak visited Wuhan: KCDC
SEOUL (Reuters) - Some members of a church at the center of South Korea's coronavirus outbreak visited the Chinese city of Wuhan in January, where the disease is believed to have originated, the Korea...
Thomson Reuters Mar 01, 2020
Indonesia's frontline hospital defends policies to tackle coronavirus
By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia has the resources to cope with a coronavirus outbreak, the director of its leading infectious diseases hospital said, defending detection procedures i...
Thomson Reuters Mar 01, 2020
Joe Biden got his South Carolina comeback. Will it be enough?
By Trevor Hunnicutt and James Oliphant MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Joe Biden got the win in South Carolina he desperately needed. The former vice president's decisive victory on Saturday, his first in the Demo...
Thomson Reuters Mar 01, 2020
Imperious Djokovic marks Tsitsipas as future world No.1
(Reuters) - Stefanos Tsitsipas has what it takes to win Grand Slam titles and become a future world number one, top-ranked Novak Djokovic said after downing the Greek to win the Dubai Tennis Champions...
Thomson Reuters Feb 29, 2020
Taliban start diplomatic outreach after U.S. deal on Afghanistan
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban's political chief has met with senior diplomats from countries including Russia, Indonesia and Norway, hours after signing a deal with Washington ai...
Thomson Reuters Feb 29, 2020
Thailand records first coronavirus death: health official
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand has recorded its first coronavirus death as a 35-year-old man, who also had dengue fever, dies from the virus, Suwanchai Wattanayingcharoen, director-general of the Depart...
Thomson Reuters Feb 29, 2020
Armenia reports first coronavirus infection
YEREVAN (Reuters) - Armenia reported its first coronavirus infection on Sunday, in a citizen returning from neighboring Iran, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in a post on Facebook. The 29-year-old...
Thomson Reuters Feb 29, 2020
South Korea's Samsung Electronics closes mobile device plant after coronavirus case confirmed: Yonhap
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics shut one of its mobile device factories in South Korea after a worker tested positive for the coronavirus, the Yonhap news agency reported, citing a company offic...
Thomson Reuters Feb 29, 2020
Ethiopia's Legese wins coronavirus-impacted Tokyo Marathon
TOKYO (Reuters) - Ethiopian Birhanu Legese won the Tokyo Marathon for the second year in a row on Sunday, racing to victory in two hours, four minutes and 15 seconds along often empty streets in the J...
Thomson Reuters Feb 29, 2020
