Author Archives: Syndicated Content
S.Korea fired warning shots at N.Korea patrol vessel violating maritime border -Yonhap
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's military fired warning shots to repel a North Korean patrol vessel that violated the inter-Korean maritime border while chasing a North Korean fishing boat, the Yonhap ...
Mar 08, 2022
Gunmen kill at least 62 vigilantes in Nigeria's Kebbi state
By Garba Muhammad KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen ambushed and killed at least 62 members of a volunteer vigilante group in Nigeria's northwestern Kebbi state, the head of the group and a police sp...
Mar 08, 2022
More than 291,000 Ukrainians fled to Romania since Russian invasion
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - A total of 291,081 Ukrainians have fled to Romania since a Russian invasion on Feb. 24, including 29,636 on Monday, border police data showed on Tuesday. Of them, a little over 8...
Mar 08, 2022
Biden thanks S.Korea for joining sanctions against Russia -Blue House
SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has sent a letter of thanks to South Korean President Moon Jae-in for joining financial sanctions and export controls against Russia, saying the move sent a ...
Mar 08, 2022
Cryptoverse: The young HODLers keeping bitcoin on an even keel
By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Medha Singh (Reuters) - Bitcoin's been known to freak out when Elon Musk tweets a broken-heart emoji. So why isn't it flying off the handle as we seem to stand on the pre...
Mar 08, 2022
Factbox-Where S.Korea's Democratic Party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung stands on the issues
SEOUL (Reuters) - A long-time member of outgoing President Moon Jae-in's Democratic Party, Lee Jae-myung rose to prominence with an aggressive pandemic response, a populist economic agenda, and by tou...
Mar 08, 2022
U.S., Canada motorists weigh cuts to spending as gas prices surge
By Rich McKay and Stephanie Kelly ATLANTA (Reuters) - At a Kroger station in Atlanta, general contractor L.W. Boyd had two fuel spigots going at the same time - pumping diesel into two giant tanks in ...
Mar 08, 2022
Analysis: Ukraine crisis could boost ballooning fossil fuel subsidies
By Noah Browning and Stephanie Kelly LONDON (Reuters) - Sky-high oil prices resulting from a potential Russian oil import ban could force governments to pour more cash into fossil fuel subsidies to sh...
Mar 08, 2022
'A war for life of our child': Health crisis spills out of Ukraine conflict
By Anna Koper and Jennifer Rigby WARSAW/LONDON (Reuters) - Katya was on the way to hospital for an urgent operation for her 17-year-old daughter Alinka, who has bone cancer, when Russia invaded Ukrain...
Mar 08, 2022
COVID-19 can cause brain shrinkage, memory loss - study
(Reuters) - COVID-19 can cause the brain to shrink, reduce grey matter in the regions that control emotion and memory, and damage areas that control the sense of smell, an Oxford University study has ...
Mar 07, 2022
