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U.N. rights envoy warns of risk of starvation in Myanmar’s Kayah State
(Reuters) - Myanmar's Kayah State could suffer a "massive" loss of life beyond anything seen since the military seized power, with more than 100,000 people fleeing their homes to escape conflict, a U....
Syndicated Content Jun 09, 2021
Malaysia’s Top Glove posts near 6-fold jump in Q3 profit on pandemic demand
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's Top Glove Corporation Bhd reported on Wednesday a 485% jump in third-quarter net profit as the COVID-19 pandemic drove continued strong demand for gloves. The world...
Syndicated Content Jun 09, 2021
Taliban kill at least 10 Afghans working for mine-clearing agency
KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents shot dead 10 Afghans working for a de-mining agency in an attack on their camp in the north of the country, police said on Wednesday. Violence has sharply increase...
Syndicated Content Jun 09, 2021
Study shows nearly 50,000 live animals on sale in China’s Wuhan before COVID-19 began
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - More than 47,000 live animals were for sale in markets in Wuhan in the two and a half years before the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in the city in late 2019, new research...
Syndicated Content Jun 09, 2021
With G7 summit the first stop, Biden embarks on 8-day trip to Europe
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden departs for Britain on Wednesday on his first trip abroad since taking office, an eight-day mission to rebuild trans-Atlantic ties stra...
Syndicated Content Jun 09, 2021
Meet Grace, the healthcare robot COVID-19 created
By Joyce Zhou HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Hong Kong team behind celebrity humanoid robot Sophia is launching a new prototype, Grace, targeted at the healthcare market and designed to interact with the e...
Syndicated Content Jun 08, 2021
Singapore’s death toll from COVID-19 tops casualties in SARS outbreak
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore has reported its 34th death due to COVID-19, taking its toll from the pandemic beyond the 33 casualties recorded during the 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS...
Syndicated Content Jun 08, 2021
Factbox-Vaccines donated by the United States and China
(Reuters) - Both the United States and China have pledged large donations of COVID-19 vaccines to countries around the world. Washington has promised 80 million doses, three-quarters of which will be ...
Syndicated Content Jun 08, 2021
SoftBank-backed Doordash enters Japan
TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. food delivery firm DoorDash Inc, which is backed by SoftBank Group Corp, announced the launch of services in Japan on Wednesday, joining an increasingly crowded market that has ...
Syndicated Content Jun 08, 2021
Soccer-Brazil players criticise handling of Copa America switch
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Brazilian soccer team criticised the last-minute decision to switch the Copa America to Brazil from Argentina amid a surge in novel coronavirus infections but said they would ...
Syndicated Content Jun 08, 2021
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