Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russia revokes independent Novaya Gazeta’s last media licence
By Filipp Lebedev MOSCOW (Reuters) - Novaya Gazeta, one of Russia's few remaining independent news outlets, was stripped of its last media licence on Thursday. Russia's Supreme Court in effect banned ...
Sep 15, 2022
Italy’s Meloni clashes with ally Salvini over energy crisis
By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - Long simmering tensions between Giorgia Meloni, tipped to become Italy's next prime minister after this month's election, and her ally Matteo Salvini, head of the r...
Sep 15, 2022
Cycling-‘We got this wrong’: British Cycling apologises for guidance on Queen’s funeral
(Reuters) - British Cycling apologised to its members on Thursday after they were heavily criticised for their recommendation that people do not use their bikes on the day of Queen Elizabeth's funeral...
Sep 15, 2022
Sri Lanka’s economy contracts 8.4% in Q2
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka's economy contracted 8.4% in the April to June quarter compared with the same period a year ago, data from the government statistics department showed...
Sep 15, 2022
Putin says pipeline gas supplies to Pakistan are possible, part of infrastructure in place
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that pipeline gas supplies to Pakistan are possible, and that part of the necessary infrastructure is already in place, Russian sta...
Sep 15, 2022
German COVID booster take-up low, new version may help – doctors group
BERLIN (Reuters) - Demand for booster vaccinations against COVID-19 is low in Germany, the association of general practitioners said on Thursday, with some patients waiting for a booster designed to c...
Sep 15, 2022
Indonesia antitrust agency launches probe of Google app payments
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's anti-trust agency (KPPU) said on Thursday it is investigating potential unfair business practices by Google over the use of proprietary payment services for its softwar...
Sep 15, 2022
Thailand’s top court rules Toyota unit must pay $272 million in import duties
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that the local unit of Toyota Motor Corp owed the government 10 billion baht ($272.11 million) in extra taxes for imp...
Sep 15, 2022
‘Cooling off’ period to avert shutdown as U.S. rail deal heads for vote -source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. railway parties have agreed to a cooling off period as standard part of the ratification process after reaching a tentative deal overnight, a move that would avert any shut...
Sep 15, 2022
U.S. consumer watchdog plans to regulate ‘buy-now, pay-later’ companies
By Hannah Lang (Reuters) - The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) plans to start regulating "buy-now, pay-later" (BNPL) companies like Klarna and Affirm Holdings due to worries their fas...
Sep 15, 2022
