Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China to drop COVID quarantine rule for inbound travellers on Jan 8
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will stop requiring quarantine for inbound travellers starting on Jan. 8, the National Health Commission said on Monday, dropping a rule in place since the start of the pande...
Dec 26, 2022
Ukraine's Zelenskiy seeks India PM Modi's help with 'peace formula'
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday said he sought India's help with implementing a "peace formula" in a phone call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The conversati...
Dec 26, 2022
Sanctions forcing Russia's Sberbank to close UAE office, company says
By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia's dominant lender Sberbank will be forced to close its office in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) early next year, First Deputy Chairman Alexander Vedyakhin ...
Dec 26, 2022
Festive season in Moscow incorporates symbols of conflict
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Outside the gates of Moscow's Gorky Park, the three Latin letters Z, V and O - frontline military symbols now used to promote the conflict in Ukraine - loom on plinths. Nearby, trad...
Dec 26, 2022
Nigerien military helicopter crashes at Niamey airport, killing three
NIAMEY (Reuters) - A Nigerien military helicopter crashed landing at an airport in the capital Niamey on Monday, killing three people on board including an expatriate instructor, the defence ministry ...
Dec 26, 2022
Israel's Netanyahu looks to vote in new government on Thursday
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu intends to hold a vote in parliament on his new government on Thursday Dec. 29, just days before his mandate to do so expires,...
Dec 26, 2022
Philippines reports at least eight deaths as rains, floods disrupt Christmas celebrations
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine authorities on Monday reported at least eight deaths mostly due to floods triggered by heavy rains in the southern provinces, as Christmas celebrations were disrupted for...
Dec 26, 2022
U.S. retail sales grows 7.6% in holiday season -Mastercard data
(Reuters) - U.S. retail sales rose 7.6% between Nov. 1 and Dec. 24, which encompasses a majority of the holiday season, as steep discounts lured deal-hungry consumers, a Mastercard report showed on Mo...
Dec 26, 2022
The struggle to save the tropical plants of Kyiv's Botanical Garden
By Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey KYIV (Reuters) - In the lush greenhouses of Kyiv's National Botanical Garden, staff are struggling to save a decades-old collection of tropical plants after months of Russian at...
Dec 26, 2022
Islamic State attack in Syria's Raqqa kills 4 Kurdish security forces - official
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Four Kurdish-led security force members were killed in an Islamic State suicide attack on Monday on a security forces centre in Syria's Raqqa, a spokesperson for the forces said. Fa...
Dec 26, 2022
