Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Sloane Stephens snaps long title drought at Guadalajara
Sloane Stephens is a winner once more. The 28-year-old Floridian, who captured the US Open in 2017, captured her first tournament championship in almost four years on Sunday when she won the Abierto A...
Feb 28, 2022
Hong Kong international schools end confusion over term dates
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's international schools can maintain their original term dates, the government said on Monday, a welcome relief for many in the international community, some of whom ha...
Feb 28, 2022
China sees biggest growth in energy and coal use since 2011
BEIJING (Reuters) - China recorded its biggest increase in total energy consumption and coal use in a decade in 2021, as the economy recovered from COVID-19 slowdown a year earlier, data from the coun...
Feb 28, 2022
Analysis-Russia's missiles see mixed results in Ukraine war as world watches
By Josh Smith (Reuters) - Russia has employed hundreds of powerful and precise ballistic missiles in the first days of its Ukraine attack, but analysts and U.S. officials say many Ukrainian defences r...
Feb 28, 2022
Vatican says ready to 'facilitate dialogue' between Russia and Ukraine
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican is ready to "facilitate dialogue" between Russia and Ukraine to end the war, its top diplomat said on Monday. Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, who ranks...
Feb 28, 2022
S.Korea rolls back COVID-19 vaccine pass as infections burden testing centres
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea will temporarily lift a requirement for vaccine passes or negative COVID-19 tests at a number of businesses to ease the strain on testing centres, authorities said on Mon...
Feb 28, 2022
At Kenya's biggest dump, urgent calls for a global plastics treaty
By John Geddie NAIROBI (Reuters) - A short drive from the United Nations complex in Nairobi where talks on a global plastics treaty are taking place this week is Kenya's biggest landfill - a mountain ...
Feb 28, 2022
Olam focused on Q2 London IPO of food ingredients unit; watching markets
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Commodities trader Olam International is focused on completing the IPO of its food ingredients unit in the second quarter but it is also tracking market movements to see the pote...
Feb 28, 2022
Hong Kong to report 34,466 new COVID cases -CCTV
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong is set to report a record daily high of 34,466 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, Chinese state television CCTV reported, as the spread of Omicron overwhelms the city and it...
Feb 28, 2022
Analysis-Is WHO's aim to vaccinate 70% of world by June still realistic?
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) - Vaccinating 70% of the population in every country in the world against COVID-19 by mid-2022 has been the World Health Organization's (WHO) rallying cry to end the...
Feb 28, 2022
