Author Archives: Syndicated Content
First Qatari vehicles cross border into Saudi after Gulf detente
DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatari vehicles crossed into Saudi Arabia through a land border on Saturday for the first time since Arab states severed diplomatic and transport ties with Doha in mid-2017, Saudi st...
Thomson Reuters Jan 09, 2021
Greece submits bill on western territorial waters extension
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's conservative government has submitted a bill to parliament to extend the western limit of its territorial waters in the Ionian Sea to 12 nautical miles, following negotiati...
Thomson Reuters Jan 09, 2021
Two die in Spanish storm, troops deployed to help motorists stranded by snow
MADRID (Reuters) - Two people died in Spain and troops rescued drivers trapped by snow as Storm Filomena caused travel chaos across the country, with Madrid seeing the heaviest snowfall in decades. Th...
Thomson Reuters Jan 09, 2021
Indonesian Sriwijaya Air plane loses contact after taking off from Jakarta: media
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A Sriwijaya Air plane with more than 50 people on board lost contact after taking off from Indonesian capital Jakarta on Saturday en route to Pontianak in West Kalimantan province,...
Thomson Reuters Jan 09, 2021
Fire crews tackle large blaze at Ireland's Port of Cork
DUBLIN (Reuters) - A large fire broke out on Saturday at the southern Irish port of Cork, which recently started offering more direct sailings to mainland Europe to avoid post-Brexit customs arrangeme...
Thomson Reuters Jan 09, 2021
French president's wife tested positive for COVID-19 in late December: media
PARIS (Reuters) - The wife of French President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for COVID-19 towards the end of December but resumed normal activities after a second test proved negative, French radios...
Thomson Reuters Jan 09, 2021
Iran bans foreign companies from testing COVID-19 vaccines on Iranians: president
DUBAI (Reuters) - Foreign companies will not be allowed to test COVID-19 vaccines on the Iranian people, President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday, a day after Iran's Supreme Leader banned vaccine imp...
Thomson Reuters Jan 09, 2021
Hebei capital suspends public transport as China reports 33 new COVID-19 cases
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese authorities halted public transport in a provincial capital near Beijing on Saturday in an effort to stamp out a new cluster of coronavirus infections. Shijiazhuang, capit...
Thomson Reuters Jan 09, 2021
Three killed after avalanche hits ski resort in Russian Arctic
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Three people were killed after an avalanche struck a ski resort near the Arctic city of Norilsk late on Friday, the local branch of Russia's emergency services ministry said. The bo...
Thomson Reuters Jan 09, 2021
An isolated Trump, cut off from Twitter, faces a new drive for impeachment
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An increasingly isolated and angry President Donald Trump, cut off by Twitter in the waning days of his term, faces a renewed drive by Democrats to remove him f...
Thomson Reuters Jan 09, 2021
