Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Airlines cut global traffic forecast on recovery setbacks
PARIS (Reuters) - Air traffic will recover more slowly than previously expected from the COVID-19 pandemic, as vaccination delays and government "risk aversion" slows market opening, global airlines b...
Apr 21, 2021
Oman to suspend travel from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh - state TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - Oman will bar entry to arrivals from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh starting April 24, as part of measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, Omani state TV reported on Wednesday. (Re...
Apr 21, 2021
Pakistan probes shooting of former prominent journalist critical of military
By Umar Farooq ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani police on Wednesday opened an investigation into the shooting and wounding of a former prominent journalist and head of the state media regulator, who ha...
Apr 21, 2021
Russian billionaire's son helped father hide wealth in record UK divorce case, court rules
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - A British judge ruled on Wednesday that Russian billionaire Farkad Akhmedov had conspired with his son to try to stop his ex-wife from receiving her British record...
Apr 21, 2021
Dish gets Amazon on board to build 5G network, to launch in Las Vegas
By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Dish Network on Wednesday signed a deal with Amazon to build its 5G network on Amazon Web Services' (AWS) cloud platform and said it will launch its first n...
Apr 21, 2021
Russia's Putin, with election looming, sets out new social support measures
By Gleb Stolyarov and Andrey Ostroukh MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin announced new social support measures for families with children on Wednesday and hinted at more tax changes, ...
Apr 21, 2021
Swiss unlikely to relax pandemic restriction more until May 26
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland does not expect further large-scale relaxations of its coronavirus restrictions until May 26, the government said on Wednesday, citing the ongoing fragile situation in t...
Apr 21, 2021
Hollywood ponders post-pandemic future of cinemas
(Reuters) - As Hollywood prepares to celebrate the Oscars on Sunday, movie theaters are trying to lure back audiences that have been streaming films at home for over a year. Some cinemas have closed p...
Apr 21, 2021
Canada annual inflation rate in March accelerates to 2.2%
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's annual inflation rate accelerated to 2.2% in March, up from a year-over-year increase of 1.1% in February, on energy prices and due to a statistical effect caused by last y...
Apr 21, 2021
U.N. rights chief says George Floyd murder case shows scale of systemic racism
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights chief on Wednesday welcomed as "momentous" the verdict in the George Floyd case which she said had highlighted how much remains to be done to end sys...
Apr 21, 2021
