Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Germany to require rapid COVID-19 test for travellers from China
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is changing its entry rules for travellers from China and will in future require at least a rapid coronavirus test to enter the country, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said...
Jan 05, 2023
Soccer-Juve and Milan look to close gap as Napoli stumble in Serie A
By Rohith Nair (Reuters) - Juventus may be in turmoil off the pitch but they are slowly clawing their way back into the Serie A title race, which has opened up after leaders Napoli suffered their firs...
Jan 05, 2023
Hong Kong to allow import of hamsters after year-long COVID ban
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's government will lift a ban on the import of hamsters in mid-January, almost a year after more than 2,000 of the rodents were culled due to a cluster of COVID-19 cases...
Jan 05, 2023
Israel frees one of longest serving Palestinian prisoners after 40 years
By Ali Sawafta ARA, Israel (Reuters) - One of Israel's longest serving Palestinian prisoners went free on Thursday after completing a 40-year sentence, as members of the new right-wing government call...
Jan 05, 2023
Africa CDC says Uganda’s Ebola outbreak is coming under control
(Reuters) - Africa's top public health body said on Thursday that the Ebola outbreak in Uganda was coming under control, as it had been 39 days since the last confirmed case of the virus had been repo...
Jan 05, 2023
Congolese artist paints politicians’ portraits in plastic
By Crispin Kyala BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Near the banks of Lake Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, artist Patrick Cikuru Cirimwami wades knee-deep through a mountai...
Jan 05, 2023
Russian patriarch calls for Orthodox Christmas truce in Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, called on Thursday for both sides of the war in Ukraine to observe a Christmas truce. Orthodox Christians, inclu...
Jan 05, 2023
Philippines’ Marcos says tells Xi intends to pursue independent foreign policy
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Thursday he had told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping that his administration intends to pursue an independent foreign policy. "I ...
Jan 05, 2023
Tennis-Home hopes Millman, Fourlis awarded Australian Open wildcards
(Reuters) - John Millman will play his ninth Australian Open and Jaimee Fourlis will return to Melbourne Park following a five-year absence after the local pair were given wildcards to their home Gran...
Jan 05, 2023
Ukrainian billionaire Zhevago’s French extradition hearing set for Jan 19
By Juliette Jabkhiro CHAMBERY, France (Reuters) -A French court on Thursday postponed to Jan. 19 a hearing on whether to extradite Ukrainian billionaire Kostyantyn Zhevago to his home country. The bus...
Jan 05, 2023
