Author Archives: Syndicated Content
WFP boss says renewing Black Sea grain deal critical for Africa
MUNICH (Reuters) - The head of the U.N. food agency warned on Saturday that failure to renew a U.N.-backed initiative that has enabled Ukraine to export grain from ports blockaded by Russia would be c...
Feb 18, 2023
WFP boss criticises northwestern Syrian authorities for slowing quake aid
By John Irish MUNICH (Reuters) -The head of the World Food Programme (WFP) on Saturday pressured authorities in northwestern Syria to stop blocking access to the area as it seeks to help hundreds of t...
Feb 18, 2023
Taiwan says crashed balloon was used for weather monitoring
TAIPEI (Reuters) - A balloon that came down on a remote Taiwanese-held islet close to China's coast was used for weather monitoring and had no audio-visual recording equipment on board, Taiwan's Defen...
Feb 18, 2023
China's top diplomat reiterates calls for dialogue over Ukraine crisis
(Reuters) - China has "neither stood by idly nor thrown fuel on the fire" regarding the crisis in Ukraine, and continues to call for peace and dialogue, top diplomat Wang Yi said at the Munich Securit...
Feb 18, 2023
Powerful Tunisian trade union defies president with mass protests
By Tarek Amara SFAX, Tunisia (Reuters) - Thousands of members of Tunisia's powerful UGTT trade union took to the streets of eight cities on Saturday to protest against President Kais Saied's policies,...
Feb 18, 2023
EU eyes joint arms buying to help Ukraine
By Andrew Gray, John Irish and Sabine Siebold MUNICH (Reuters) - The European Union is urgently exploring ways for its member countries to team up to buy munitions to help Ukraine, following warnings ...
Feb 18, 2023
U.S. handling of balloon incident 'hysterical', China's top diplomat says
(Reuters) - China's top diplomat Wang Yi said on Saturday that the U.S. handling of the balloon incident had been "unimaginable" and "hysterical", and an "absurd" act that violated international norms...
Feb 18, 2023
Alpine skiing-Shiffrin sets pace in world championships slalom
MERIBEL, France (Reuters) - Mikaela Shiffrin put herself in pole position to reclaim her slalom title at the world championships with a rock-solid run to lead after the first leg on Saturday. The Amer...
Feb 18, 2023
EU aims to team up with defence industry to speed up ammunition output
MUNICH (Reuters) - The European Union aims to join forces with the bloc's defence industry to speed up and scale up the production of ammunition badly needed on the battlefield in Ukraine and to reple...
Feb 18, 2023
Estonia to order munitions in one of its largest military purchases
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Estonia is set to order a "significant quantity" of so-called loitering munitions, to be delivered in 2024 to increase the distance of its attacks, defence ministry said on Saturda...
Feb 18, 2023
