Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Israel launches interceptor missile at threat over Red Sea
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An incoming aerial threat over the Red Sea on Thursday prompted Israeli forces to sound sirens in the southern resort city of Eilat and launch an interceptor missile, the militar...
Jan 18, 2024
Turkey's planned alcohol deposit 'another nail in the coffin', small producers say
By Can Sezer ISTANBUL (Reuters) - It took 15 years for Mustafa Camlica to earn international recognition for his wines, but he and many other small and medium sized Turkish producers fear a planned ne...
Jan 18, 2024
Italian police seize Nureyev's former residence turned luxury island resort
ROME (Reuters) - A luxury resort formerly owned by Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev on a private archipelago off the Amalfi Coast in southern Italy has been seized by police for suspected building...
Jan 18, 2024
Ukraine diplomat says talks under way on UN-brokered grain deal
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's ambassador to Turkey said on Thursday that "certain negotiations" were under way regarding a UN-brokered grain export initiative which was shut down in the summer of 2023. A...
Jan 18, 2024
Croatian matchstick Michelangelo makes his labours life-size
DOMASINEC, Croatia (Reuters) - Croatian artist Tomislav Horvat is not the first person to make models out of matchsticks, but he may be the most ambitious. Horvat thinks nothing of putting 210,000 mat...
Jan 18, 2024
Ukraine envoy praises Cyprus support for sanctions on Russia
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus is making an "extremely important" contribution in increasing sanctions pressure on Moscow, said Ukraine's ambassador to the east Mediterranean island, which was long in the...
Jan 18, 2024
Russian prosecutors seek 5-year jail term for pro-war nationalist Putin critic - RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian state prosecutors asked a Moscow court on Thursday to sentence prominent nationalist Igor Girkin to five years in prison for inciting extremism, the RIA news agency reported...
Jan 18, 2024
Amid drought, water curbs in Portugal's Algarve, Spain's Catalonia
By Sergio Goncalves and Joan Faus LISBON/BARCELONA (Reuters) - Portugal's caretaker government has ordered cuts to the amount of water used in farmland irrigation and in urban environments including h...
Jan 18, 2024
Olympics-IOC has full confidence in Paris 2024 Olympics security plans
(Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday said it was confident French authorities would keep the Paris 2024 Olympics safe with an extensive security plan. The French capital i...
Jan 18, 2024
NATO accession looks to be 'not a priority' for Sweden, Hungary says
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Sweden has not done anything to boost confidence in its suitability for NATO membership, and has given the impression that joining the alliance is not a priority for the country, ...
Jan 18, 2024
