Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Explainer: What’s behind Thailand’s protests?
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's government banned gatherings of more than five people on Thursday in the face of three months of escalating demonstrations that have targeted King Maha Vajiralongkorn as...
Oct 15, 2020
New Zealand’s Ardern still comfortably ahead on eve of election
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's ruling Labour Party led by Jacinda Ardern remains in a commanding position two days before a general election, despite support slipping slightly i...
Oct 15, 2020
Pentagon prepares to welcome once-banned Indonesian minister, despite rights concerns
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration will welcome Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto to the Pentagon on Friday after dropping a defac...
Oct 15, 2020
Split screen: Trump and Biden to headline dueling town halls
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden will hold dueling prime-time town halls on Thursday instead of their second presidential debate, which was canceled ...
Oct 15, 2020
Facebook shuts NZ party’s page before polls over COVID-19 misinformation
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook shut down the page of a fringe New Zealand political party on Thursday, days before a general election, for sharing what the company called misinformation about the nov...
Oct 15, 2020
Twitter, Facebook restrict users’ dissemination of New York Post story on Biden
By Katie Paul SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook and Twitter cast doubt on a New York Post story that made claims about Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's son, taking proactive steps to res...
Oct 15, 2020
Australia’s Victoria state says daily coronavirus infections fall to eight-day low
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Victoria state said on Thursday it had just six new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, its lowest one-day figure in eight days, and no deaths. Its capital Melbourne...
Oct 15, 2020
India’s coronavirus infections rise to 7.31 million
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's tally of coronavirus infections stood at 7.31 million on Thursday, having risen by 67,708 in the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed. Deaths from COVID-19 infectio...
Oct 15, 2020
‘Good progress’ is not good enough: EU to push Brexit Britain on trade
By Robin Emmott and Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday will pressure Britain for concessions in their troubled Brexit talks, saying a trillio...
Oct 15, 2020
Chinese Australians complain of “McCarthyism” at inquiry
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Three Australian citizens of Chinese ethnicity who were asked to condemn the Chinese Communist Party as they appeared before a government inquiry into diaspora iss...
Oct 14, 2020
