Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Spain to airlift 500 Spanish and Afghan staff from Kabul airport
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain plans to airlift around 500 people including Spanish embassy staff and Afghans who worked with them and their families from Kabul, radio station Cadena SER said on Wednesday, ...
Aug 18, 2021
PayPal scraps late fees for buy now, pay later purchases
By Anna Irrera LONDON (Reuters) - PayPal Holdings Inc will no longer charge customers late fees when they miss payments on buy now, pay later (BNPL) purchases globally, as competition heats up in the ...
Aug 18, 2021
International community 'deeply worried' about Afghan women, ready to assist -statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States, European Union and 19 other countries on Wednesday released a statement calling on people in authority in Afghanistan to guarantee the protection of women and...
Aug 18, 2021
Germany says Iran's accelerated enrichment of uranium is "very negative step"
BERLIN (Reuters) - Iran's acceleration of its enrichment of uranium to near weapons-grade breaches restrictions imposed in a 2015 nuclear deal, Germany said on Wednesday, urging Tehran to return to ne...
Aug 18, 2021
U.S. housing starts fall sharply; permits increase
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. homebuilding fell more than expected in July, the latest sign that surging construction costs and home prices continued to constrain the housing market ear...
Aug 18, 2021
Singapore jails Briton for not wearing face mask in public
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singapore court sentenced a British man to six weeks in prison on Wednesday, local media reported, after he repeatedly breached coronavirus protocols by refusing to wear a face...
Aug 18, 2021
Third Pfizer dose 86% effective in over 60s, Israeli HMO says
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - A third dose of Pfizer/BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine was found to be 86% effective in people aged over 60, an Israeli healthcare provider said on Wednesday, citing initial results f...
Aug 18, 2021
Volkswagen's Mexico unit says reached deal with union for salary increase of 5.5%
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Volkswagen AG's Mexico unit said on Wednesday that it had agreed with a workers' union to a 5.5% salary increase. The deal with the Independent Union of Volkswagen Automotive I...
Aug 18, 2021
At least three dead following anti-Taliban protests in Jalalabad - witnesses
(Removes reference to 'western' city in first paragraph) (Reuters) - At least three people were killed and more than a dozen injured after Taliban militants opened fire during protests against the gro...
Aug 18, 2021
Poland gets 50 people out of Afghanistan, offers to bring out more
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland has evacuated around 50 people from Afghanistan, a deputy foreign minister said on Wednesday, part of an international effort to get diplomats and other civilians out of the ...
Aug 18, 2021
