Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. flu cases drop for third straight week – CDC
(Reuters) -Flu cases in the United States declined for the third straight week after hospitalizations caused by the virus hit a decade high earlier this month, federal data showed on Friday. The numbe...
Dec 16, 2022
Ukrainian couple reunited after nine months despite Russian attacks
By Yurii Kovalenko KYIV (Reuters) - Hanna Vavarenko had a joyful reunion with her husband at a Kyiv railway station on Friday, nine months after she fled to Germany to escape the war in Ukraine. She a...
Dec 16, 2022
Mike Ashley’s Frasers buys premium fashion brands from JD Sports for $58 million
(Reuters) - Mike Ashley's Frasers Group said on Friday it has bought shares in premium fashion brands of JD Sports for about 47.5 million pounds ($57.7 million). Frasers, which was formerly called Spo...
Dec 16, 2022
Brittney Griner released from medical center at Texas military base – CNN
(Reuters) - Brittney Griner left the Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, on Friday, eight days after the U.S. basketball star arrived at the facility following her release from a Ru...
Dec 16, 2022
Prominent Iranian Sunni cleric urges release of protest detainees
DUBAI (Reuters) - A prominent dissident Sunni Muslim cleric urged Iranian authorities on Friday to free thousands of detained protesters and stop executions as the three-month-old unrest churned on wi...
Dec 16, 2022
Dutch plan highest borrowing in a decade for 2023
By Yoruk Bahceli AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands expects to borrow 101.5 billion euros ($107.8) on the debt markets next year, the most since 2012, and its funding needs are "extremely uncertain...
Dec 16, 2022
Angelina Jolie leaves U.N. refugee agency after more than 20 years
GENEVA (Reuters) - Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie will quit her role as a special envoy for the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) but will remain a humanitarian activist, the United Nations said on Friday...
Dec 16, 2022
Exclusive-Germany set to assume $230 billion in Uniper derivatives
By John O'Donnell and Christoph Steitz FRANKFURT (Reuters) - After setting aside almost half a trillion dollars to date tackling its energy crisis, Germany is also poised to take on the risks associat...
Dec 16, 2022
Analysis-EU unity over Russia sanctions falters as Europe’s economy wilts
By John O'Donnell BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union unity over sanctions on Russia has started to falter as jitters about the impact on Europe's own stumbling economy weakens resolve to punish Mosco...
Dec 16, 2022
Swiss to keep COVID shots free in 2023
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland will again offer COVID-19 vaccinations for free next year, the government said on Friday, describing them as a key element in fighting the pandemic. "In the coming year,...
Dec 16, 2022
