Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Israel’s Netanyahu looks to vote in new government on Thursday
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu intends to hold a vote in parliament on his new government on Thursday Dec. 29, just days before his mandate to do so expires,...
Dec 26, 2022
Philippines reports at least eight deaths as rains, floods disrupt Christmas celebrations
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine authorities on Monday reported at least eight deaths mostly due to floods triggered by heavy rains in the southern provinces, as Christmas celebrations were disrupted for...
Dec 26, 2022
U.S. retail sales grows 7.6% in holiday season -Mastercard data
(Reuters) - U.S. retail sales rose 7.6% between Nov. 1 and Dec. 24, which encompasses a majority of the holiday season, as steep discounts lured deal-hungry consumers, a Mastercard report showed on Mo...
Dec 26, 2022
The struggle to save the tropical plants of Kyiv’s Botanical Garden
By Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey KYIV (Reuters) - In the lush greenhouses of Kyiv's National Botanical Garden, staff are struggling to save a decades-old collection of tropical plants after months of Russian at...
Dec 26, 2022
Islamic State attack in Syria’s Raqqa kills 6 Kurdish security forces – official
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Six Kurdish-led security force members were killed in an Islamic State suicide attack on Monday on a security forces centre in Syria's Raqqa, the chief of the U.S.-backed Syrian Demo...
Dec 26, 2022
Seventh body found in river after bus accident in Spain
MADRID (Reuters) - A seventh body was found in northwestern Spain after a passenger bus careened off a bridge and plunged into an overflowing river, bringing the accident's final toll up to seven dead...
Dec 26, 2022
Russia’s FSB says Ukrainian saboteurs ‘liquidated’ while trying to enter border region – agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's FSB security service said on Monday that a four-person Ukrainian "sabotage group" had been "liquidated" while trying to enter Russia's Bryansk region, which borders Ukraine...
Dec 26, 2022
Russia’s Navalny accuses authorities of using prison to break his health
(Reuters) - Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny said on Monday he was suffering worsening back pain from long spells in solitary confinement that he said were part of a deliberate stra...
Dec 26, 2022
Soccer-Man United’s Maguire on course to return for Forest game
(Reuters) - Manchester United centre back Harry Maguire is expected to return to the squad for Tuesday's Premier League game at home to Nottingham Forest after missing the last match due to illness, t...
Dec 26, 2022
Paris shooting suspect placed under formal investigation – prosecutor’s office
By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS (Reuters) - The man suspected of shooting dead three Kurdish people in Paris last week has been placed under formal investigation, the city prosecutor's office said on Monday...
Dec 26, 2022
