Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Estonian visa cancellation has ordinary Russians worried
TALLINN (Reuters) - Estonia this week will close its border to more than 50,000 Russians with previously issued visas, the first country in the European Union to do so, making it harder for ordinary R...
Aug 16, 2022
Carnival Cruise bookings soar after it eases COVID testing requirements
(Reuters) - Carnival Cruise Line said booking activity nearly doubled pre-pandemic levels on Monday after it announced an ease in COVID-19 testing requirements for passengers, sending its shares more ...
Aug 16, 2022
Cuba cracks open door to foreign investment in domestic trade
By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba plans to allow some foreign investment in local wholesale and retail trade for the first time since Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution, the government said late on Mo...
Aug 16, 2022
Zimbabwe measles outbreak blamed on sect gatherings kills 157 children
HARARE (Reuters) - A measles outbreak in Zimbabwe has killed 157 children with the death toll nearly doubling in just under a week, the information minister said on Tuesday. The government last week b...
Aug 16, 2022
Meme stock Bed Bath & Beyond’s rally rages on
(Reuters) - Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc surged 60% to a near five-month high in volatile trading on Tuesday, as retail investors continued to drive up the highly shorted stock's price. Bed Bath & ...
Aug 16, 2022
To rescue 10 trapped miners, Mexico turns to German, U.S. companies
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico will ask both a German and a U.S. company to help rescue 10 miners who have been trapped in a coal mine for nearly two weeks, officials said on Tuesday. The Foreign Mini...
Aug 16, 2022
Switzerland to return Uzbekistan’s assets frozen in money laundering probe
GENEVA (Reuters) - Switzerland agreed on Tuesday to send back to Uzbekistan over $100 million which it seized during a long-running investigation in connection with the daughter of former president Is...
Aug 16, 2022
Analysis-As economy wilts, Argentina’s Massa seeks to sow hope with farm chiefs
By David Alire Garcia BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - The "superminister" tasked with rescuing Argentina's crisis-racked economy needs cash now, and so just days into the job he has launched a charm offensiv...
Aug 16, 2022
German troops spot Russian forces in Mali as French pull out – document
BERLIN (Reuters) - German troops spotted several dozen presumably Russian security forces at Gao airport in northern Mali on Monday, the day the last French soldiers wrapped up their operations and le...
Aug 16, 2022
U.N. chief Guterres to travel to Ukraine this week
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will travel to Lviv in Ukraine to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday and will t...
Aug 16, 2022
