Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Air pollution cuts life expectancy by more than two years - study
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chronic air pollution cuts average global life expectancy by more than two years per person, a study published on Tuesday showed, an impact comparable to that of smoking and far w...
Jun 14, 2022
Ukraine has enough ammunition but needs long-range weapons -Zelenskiy
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Ukraine's military has enough ammunition and weapons, but needs more long-range weapons, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Danish journalists on Tuesday. "We have eno...
Jun 14, 2022
Exclusive-Germany's refinery dilemma tests Russian oil ban resolve
By Ron Bousso, Marek Strzelecki, Christoph Steitz and Markus Wacket BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is struggling to find a way to wrest control of a Russian-owned refinery that supplies most of Berlin's f...
Jun 14, 2022
Mick Jagger quarantines with COVID-19, second Rolling Stones show scrapped
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger is in quarantine in the Netherlands after testing positive for COVID-19, a spokesperson told Reuters on Tuesday, adding the band will miss a sec...
Jun 14, 2022
Soccer-Taiwan World Cup fans likely to be listed as Chinese
By Andrew Mills and Ben Blanchard DOHA/TAIPEI (Reuters) - An identification card that doubles as an entry visa for the World Cup in Qatar is likely to list Taiwan fans as being from China, a senior Qa...
Jun 14, 2022
German howitzers soon to be ready for use in Ukraine - minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - The training of Ukrainian troops on German howitzers will soon be completed, paving the way for the use of the weapons in the war in Ukraine, German Defence Minister Christine Lambr...
Jun 14, 2022
EU Parliament to vote again on climate laws after first try failed
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Parliament will have a second try at agreeing key climate change policies next week, after rejecting them in a chaotic first vote that risked delaying ...
Jun 14, 2022
Kremlin says separatists would listen to UK appeal on condemned fighters
(Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Tuesday it was "sure" that Russian-backed separatist leaders in the Donbas would be willing to listen to an appeal from Britain over the fate of two Britons sentenced t...
Jun 14, 2022
Anti-Jewish medieval sculpture can stay on church, top German court rules
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's top court ruled on Tuesday that a medieval anti-Semitic sculpture can stay on the facade of a church in the eastern town of Wittenberg, rejecting an appeal by a Jewish pla...
Jun 14, 2022
EU lawmaker committees object to planned 'green' label for gas, nuclear investments
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Two European Parliament committees on Tuesday supported an attempt to stop the EU labelling gas and nuclear energy as climate-friendly investments. The committee vo...
Jun 14, 2022
