Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan’s Rakuten offers $30 5G plans in industry shakeup
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Rakuten Inc launched low price 5G services via its cloud-based mobile network on Wednesday in a challenge to rival carriers under fire for high prices that coul...
Sep 30, 2020
Indonesia reports 4,284 new coronavirus cases, 139 deaths
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia on Wednesday reported 4,284 new coronavirus cases, taking the total number of infections to 287,008, data from the country's COVID-19 task force showed. There were also 1...
Sep 30, 2020
Hong Kong activist Wong gets bail after being charged for 2019 protests
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong was granted bail on Wednesday after being formally charged in court in connection with participating in an unauthorised assembly in Octob...
Sep 30, 2020
Nigeria’s pioneering gas flaring plan risks going down in flames
By Libby George UGHELLI, Delta State, Nigeria (Reuters) - Jonah Gbemre often has no electricity, but he says his home is permanently lit at night by the flames of waste gas being "flared" near his hom...
Sep 30, 2020
Indian court acquits Hindu nationalist leaders in mosque demolition case
By Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - An Indian court on Wednesday acquitted Hindu nationalist leaders, including former deputy prime minister Lal Krishna Advani, in a case over the demolition ...
Sep 30, 2020
World’s first patient cured of HIV dies after cancer returns
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Timothy Ray Brown, the first person known to be cured of HIV when he had a unique type of bone marrow transplant, has died in California after relapsing with cancer,...
Sep 30, 2020
Belgium breaks 16-month deadlock as new government forms
By Marine Strauss and Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium is finally getting a new government on Wednesday, 16 months on from a parliamentary election, with the Belgian king expected to nam...
Sep 30, 2020
Philippines records 2,426 new coronavirus cases, 58 deaths
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' health ministry on Wednesday confirmed 2,426 new coronavirus infections and 58 additional deaths. In a bulletin, the ministry said total confirmed cases had increas...
Sep 30, 2020
Tough few months ahead with coronavirus, warns Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany faces a tough few months due to the coronavirus, with the number of infections on the rise and winter approaching, Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Wednesday. "Germany has...
Sep 30, 2020
Germany to tighten scrutiny of telecoms network vendors: sources
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government has agreed in principle to tougher oversight of telecoms network vendors that, while stopping short of a ban on Huawei, will make it harder for the Chinese com...
Sep 30, 2020
