Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Google stops donations to U.S. Congress members who voted against election results
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google said on Monday it will not make contributions from its political action committee this election cycle to any Congress member who voted against certifying the results ...
Jan 25, 2021
China’s peak Lunar New Year air travel season fizzles as COVID cases rise
By Stella Qiu, Jamie Freed and Ryan Woo BEIJING/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Iphie Nie, a 30-year-old designer in Beijing who usually travels to visit family in her hometown of Shenzhen during the Lunar New Yea...
Jan 25, 2021
Vietnam’s Communists tout pandemic, economic successes at Party congress
By James Pearson and Phuong Nguyen HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's ruling Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong hailed booming economic development and containment of the COVID-19 pandemic as major achie...
Jan 25, 2021
China to conduct military drills in South China Sea amid tensions with U.S.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Tuesday it will conduct military exercises in the South China Sea this week, just days after Beijing bristled at a U.S. aircraft carrier group's entry into the disput...
Jan 25, 2021
Tokyo revises contact tracing strategy, narrows to higher-risk cases
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo has revised its contact-tracing strategy to prioritise outreach to higher-risk individuals affected by coronavirus, according to a letter sent by the metropolitan government to...
Jan 25, 2021
South Korea probes adequacy of Hyundai’s Kona EV recall after new fire: ministry official
SEOUL (Reuters) - A Hyundai Motor Kona electric vehicle caught fire last week in the first-ever known case of a recalled Kona catching fire, prompting authorities to investigate the adequacy of the re...
Jan 25, 2021
Indonesia set to pass one million coronavirus cases as vaccinations roll out
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia is set to officially surpass one million coronavirus cases on Tuesday, a grim milestone for the Southeast Asian nation that has struggled since last March to get the COVI...
Jan 25, 2021
Taiwan economy seen growing 3.61% in fourth quarter on boost from exports: Reuters poll
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's economy is expected to have expanded 3.61% year-on-year in the fourth quarter, a Reuters poll showed, as the export-dependent island continued to shake off the coronavirus ...
Jan 25, 2021
Tokyo’s apartment prices rise to near bubble-era high in 2020: data
TOKYO (Reuters) - Prices of newly-built apartments in the Tokyo area rose 1.7% last year, approaching the record highs seen during Japan's asset-inflated bubble era that ended in the early 1990s, the ...
Jan 25, 2021
New Zealand may approve COVID-19 vaccine next week, start general vaccinations mid-year
(Reuters) - New Zealand may approve a COVID-19 vaccine as early as next week, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Tuesday, a day after the country confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus in ...
Jan 25, 2021
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