Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russia says it hit U.S., European weapons in missile strike in Ukraine
(Reuters) - Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday its Kalibr missiles had struck an arms depot in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region housing weapons from the United States and European countries. The...
Apr 27, 2022
Moldovan breakaway region says shots fired from Ukraine towards village
(Reuters) - The Interior Ministry of Moldova's pro-Russian breakaway region of Transdniestria said on Wednesday that shots were fired from the territory of Ukraine overnight towards a village that hou...
Apr 27, 2022
Sri Lankan veterans protest against president who led them during war
By Uditha Jayasinghe and Alasdair Pal COLOMBO (Reuters) - Missing both legs and an arm, former special forces soldier Thushara Kumara is an unlikely critic of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a wartime defence chi...
Apr 27, 2022
SpaceX launches 'Crew 4' astronauts on flight to space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) -Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX launched four more astronauts on a flight to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA on Wednesday, including a medical doctor t...
Apr 27, 2022
Children are being killed and maimed by discarded explosives in Ethiopia
By Giulia Paravicini KASAGITA, Ethiopia (Reuters) - Fifteen-year-old Eysa Mohammed was collecting water near her home in northern Ethiopia's Afar region when an explosion underfoot tore shrapnel into ...
Apr 27, 2022
EU says Russian gas halt is attempt to use fuel as blackmail
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russian gas giant Gazprom's announcement that it is unilaterally stopping delivery of gas to some customers in Europe is another attempt by Russia to use gas as an instrument of b...
Apr 27, 2022
European shares slip with focus on Russia gas supplies, mixed earnings
(Reuters) - European shares slipped in choppy trade on Wednesday as markets took stock of mixed earnings updates, while energy tensions heightened after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted gas supplie...
Apr 27, 2022
MSCI eastern Europe stocks index drops after Russia cuts gas to Poland, Bulgaria
(Reuters) - MSCI's emerging market eastern Europe equity index dropped as much as 1.2% in early trading on Wednesday after Russia cut gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria. This is the fifth trading ses...
Apr 27, 2022
Woman graduate student behind suicide attack at Pakistani university
KARACHI (Reuters) - A woman suicide bomber who killed three Chinese teachers in Pakistan was a teacher who had enrolled for a master's degree months before her attack, carried out on behalf of separat...
Apr 27, 2022
Analysis-North Korea signals expansive mission for its nuclear weapons
By Josh Smith and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - As South Korea's new conservative president prepares to take office, North Korea is outlining an expansive, ambiguous, and potentially destabilising do...
Apr 27, 2022
