Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Taiwan says China continues military activity around it
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's defence ministry said 21 Chinese aircraft and five Chinese ships had been detected operating around Taiwan on Wednesday as Beijing continued military activities near the is...
Aug 17, 2022
Malaysia aims to learn from Thailand in push for medical use of cannabis
By Mei Mei Chu and Chayut Setboonsarng KUALA LUMPUR/BANGKOK (Reuters) - Malaysia plans to learn from the cannabis policy of neighbouring Thailand in its effort to legalise use of the drug for medical ...
Aug 17, 2022
Analysis-Biden debt relief plan disappoints Black farmers for avoiding race
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some Black farmers say they are disappointed by a new U.S. agriculture debt relief program that stands to save thousands of farmers from foreclosure, after the p...
Aug 17, 2022
Russia says it has ‘neutralised’ Islamist cell in Crimea
LONDON (Reuters) - The top official in Russian-annexed Crimea said on Wednesday that the FSB security service had broken up what he described as a six-person terrorist cell of a banned Islamist group,...
Aug 17, 2022
‘Pain does not go away’: Anger persists for family of U.S. Marine killed in Kabul
By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The last text message Darin Taylor Hoover sent his mother from Kabul's airport a year ago was short but one she still reads every day. "Mamma I'm safe, I love you,...
Aug 17, 2022
TikTok to clamp down on paid political posts by influencers ahead of U.S. midterms
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - TikTok will work to prevent content creators from posting paid political messages on the short-form video app, as part of its preparation for the U.S. midterm election in No...
Aug 17, 2022
Cricket-India, Australia to clash in two five-test series in next four years
By Sudipto Ganguly MUMBAI (Reuters) - India and Australia will clash in five-test series twice during the next four-year calendar, which will feature more international matches across the game's three...
Aug 17, 2022
Large fire in central London railway arch halts trains
LONDON (Reuters) - Around 70 firefighters were tackling a fire in a railway arch in Southwark, central London on Wednesday, prompting trains to the area to be halted and several buildings to be evacua...
Aug 17, 2022
OPEC not to blame for soaring inflation, secretary general tells CNBC
(Reuters) - Inadequate investment in the oil and gas sector is the chief reason behind the recent spike in prices and OPEC is not to blame, OPEC Secretary-General Haitham Al Ghais told CNBC on Wednesd...
Aug 17, 2022
Iran ready to swap prisoners, calls on U.S. to free jailed Iranians – Fars
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran is ready to swap prisoners with the United States, the Iranian foreign ministry spokesman was quoted as saying on Wednesday, calling on President Joe Biden's administration to "...
Aug 17, 2022
