Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Panama sees massive jump of unlawful migration in 2021
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - A record wave of unauthorized migrants entered Panama this year from Colombia, according to government data provided to Reuters on Thursday, as a surge of mostly Haitians enter...
Dec 30, 2021
U.S. court tosses Saudi suit against former top Saudi intelligence officer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has dismissed a lawsuit against a former top Saudi intelligence official by a Saudi state-owned firm, ruling that a rarely used U.S. government intervention to stop...
Dec 30, 2021
Jana Partners nominates two to TreeHouse's board
(Reuters) - Hedge fund Jana Partners said on Thursday it nominated two directors to the board of TreeHouse Foods Inc, months after it pushed for changes at the packaged food maker. The private-label f...
Dec 30, 2021
Biden, Putin begin second call this month as Ukraine tensions simmer
By Jarrett Renshaw WILMINGTON, Del./MOSCOW (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin began their second conversation this month on Thursday afternoon, with rising tensio...
Dec 30, 2021
Mali conference recommends election delay of up to five years
(Adds dropped word "be" in first paragraph) BAMAKO (Reuters) - A conference in Mali charged with recommending a timetable for democratic elections following a military coup said on Thursday that polls...
Dec 30, 2021
Six Nigerian, Niger troops killed by Islamic State, security forces say
By Lanre Ola MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Six troops from Nigeria and Niger were killed by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) militants during an operation this month, a joint military force...
Dec 30, 2021
Israel agrees on more aid for El Al Airlines amid COVID travel bans
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's government said on Thursday it would give additional aid to El Al Airlines to help compensate for the reimposition of a COVID-19 entry ban on foreign to...
Dec 30, 2021
COVID-19 deaths in Eastern Europe surpass 1 million
By Lasya Priya M and Aparupa Mazumder (Reuters) - Coronavirus deaths in Eastern Europe topped 1 million on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, as the Omicron variant threatened to batter the regio...
Dec 30, 2021
U.S. ends case against Jeffrey Epstein's jail guards
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors decided to end their criminal case against two Manhattan jail guards who admitted to falsifying records on the night the financier Jeffrey Eps...
Dec 30, 2021
Germany to drop quarantine, negative COVID-19 demand for UK arrivals
LONDON (Reuters) - Germany will on Jan. 4 drop its demand for travellers from Britain to quarantine and provide a negative COVID-19 test, requirements that were imposed earlier in December during a su...
Dec 30, 2021
