Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China's Xian vows strict implementation of COVID curbs even as cases decline
(corrects Sunday case number in Xian to 90 from 95 in 2nd paragraph) BEIJING (Reuters) - Xian, a Chinese city almost two weeks into a lockdown, is demanding officials "strictly and properly" implement...
Jan 04, 2022
Czechs want tweaks to nuclear and gas conditions in EU green plan
By Jason Hovet and Robert Muller PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic will seek allies to change conditions for the inclusion of gas and nuclear power projects in the European Union's hotly-debated g...
Jan 04, 2022
Protests erupt in Kazakhstan after fuel price rise
ALMATY (Reuters) - Protests have erupted in several Kazakh towns and cities after the Central Asian nation's government lifted price caps on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and the cost of the popular a...
Jan 04, 2022
Israel lifts restrictions on same-sex surrogacy
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel on Tuesday lifted restrictions barring same-sex couples and single men from becoming parents through surrogacy within the country, upholding a Supreme Court ruling to end ...
Jan 04, 2022
Japan's Kishida lays out new contigency plan against Omicron risk
By Leika Kihara and Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will gear up efforts to deal with a possible surge in Omicron coronavirus cases and aim to deliver oral treatment using Pfizer Inc's drugs na...
Jan 04, 2022
UK consumers upped borrowing in November by most in 16 months
By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) - British consumers increased their borrowing in November by the most since July 2020, according to Bank of England data which added to signs of an early Christma...
Jan 04, 2022
Taiwan urges vigilance after first Omicron coronavirus cases
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Tuesday urged vigilance against the spread of the coronavirus after the island detected its first cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant spreading...
Jan 04, 2022
Thailand urges uptake of booster shots as Omicron cases rise
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's health ministry on Tuesday called on people to come forward to get booster vaccinations after reporting cases of the highly contagious Omicron coronavirus variant had mo...
Jan 04, 2022
S.Korea's conservatives falter in election race over blunders, internal strife
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - Deepening internal strife and a series of political blunders are throwing the campaign of the leading presidential candidate from South Korea's opposition into disarr...
Jan 04, 2022
Italy parliament to begin voting for new head of state on Jan. 24
By Gavin Jones and Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) -The Italian parliament will convene on Jan. 24 to begin voting for a new head of state to replace the outgoing Sergio Mattarella, the chief of the lowe...
Jan 04, 2022
