Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Out of the frying pan, into the fire? Meal couriers sweat amid heatwave
By Toby Sterling and Elvira Pollina UTRECHT, Netherlands/PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) - As Europe braces for another heatwave, one group of workers has little choice but to sweat it out: the couriers shut...
Aug 11, 2022
Latvia designates Russia a “state sponsor of terrorism” over Ukraine war
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Latvia's parliament on Thursday designated Russia as a "state sponsor of terrorism" over the war in Ukraine and called on Western allies to impose more comprehensive sanctions on M...
Aug 11, 2022
Russia’s VKontakte owner VK hit by second quarter loss
LONDON (Reuters) - VK, owner of Russian social network VKontakte, reported a second-quarter net loss of 3.4 billion roubles ($56 million) on Thursday, partly due to a 14 billion rouble ($231 million) ...
Aug 11, 2022
Moscow condemns Latvia’s designation of Russia as state sponsor of terrorism
(This content was produced in Russia, where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine.) MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Thursday condemned a move by Latvia's parliament to desi...
Aug 11, 2022
Macau to suspend ferry services with Shenzhen in China
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Ferry services between Macau and the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen will be suspended from Aug. 12, Macau's government said on Thursday, due to measures to curb COVID-19 infec...
Aug 11, 2022
Artists paint flowers over Ukraine war wreckage, unsettling some locals
By Andrea Shalal and Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey KYIV (Reuters) - Artists have painted brilliant sunflowers over heaps of burnt-out cars destroyed in Russia's invasion of Ukraine - upsetting some locals who w...
Aug 11, 2022
Africa CDC in discussions with potential buyers for Aspen’s COVID vaccines
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Africa's top public health body said on Thursday it is still in discussions with various potential buyers for the branded vaccine of South African pharmaceutical Aspen Pharmac...
Aug 11, 2022
Explainer-Britain and regulators square up over post-Brexit financial reform
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government proposed a far-reaching financial services law last month to exploit "freedoms" to write its own capital market rules since leaving the European Un...
Aug 11, 2022
San Francisco metro system hires bird of prey to scare pigeons away
By Nathan Frandino (Reuters) - Metro system riders in California's San Francisco Bay Area may have noticed a new station guard in recent months. A 5-year-old Harris's hawk named Pac-Man has taken up t...
Aug 11, 2022
Germany’s Scholz: no plans for China visit
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has no concrete plans yet for a visit to China, he said on Thursday. There were talks but no date had been set yet, Scholz said at a news conference in...
Aug 11, 2022
