Author Archives: Syndicated Content
21 people died in Wednesday’s blast at Kabul mosque -police
KABUL (Reuters) - A blast that tore through a Kabul mosque during evening prayers on Wednesday had killed 21 people, Kabul police said on Thursday. Police spokesperson Khalid Zadran said that another ...
Aug 18, 2022
Russia says Ukraine preparing a “provocation” during U.N. head visit to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant – RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Defence Ministry on Thursday accused Ukraine of planning a "provocation" at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant on Aug. 19 when U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guteres is due t...
Aug 18, 2022
Flooding caused by heavy rain kills 16 in western China
BEIJING (Reuters) - Flooding caused by heavy rainfall in the western Chinese province of Qinghai has killed 16 people, state media reported on Thursday, with an additional 36 missing. Heavy and sudden...
Aug 18, 2022
UK’s Liz Truss maintains big lead in leadership contest – poll
LONDON (Reuters) - Foreign Secretary Liz Truss remains far ahead of leadership rival Rishi Sunak in the race to become Britain's next prime minister, a YouGov poll for Sky News showed on Thursday. The...
Aug 18, 2022
Analysis: Confident Algeria rides gas high
By Lamine Chikhi ALGIERS (Reuters) - Europe's attempts to wean itself off Russian gas have given Algeria a shot in the arm. Flush with energy revenues after Russia's invasion of Ukraine sent demand fo...
Aug 18, 2022
China’s first publicly traded rental property REITs snapped up by investors
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's first batch of publicly traded rental property real estate investment trusts (REITs) was snapped up in Shanghai and Shenzhen by yield-hungry investors this week, opening u...
Aug 18, 2022
One more grain ship leaves Ukraine, Turkey’s defence ministry says
ANKARA (Reuters) - One more ship carrying grain has left Ukraine's Chornomorsk port, Turkey's Defence Ministry said on Thursday, bringing the total number of vessels to leave Ukraine's Black Sea ports...
Aug 18, 2022
Tennis-Fritz no fan of ATP’s ‘dumb’ off-court coaching rule
(Reuters) - American Taylor Fritz bashed the ATP Tour's trial of off-court coaching on Wednesday, saying that allowing players to receive instructions during a match was a "dumb rule" that went agains...
Aug 18, 2022
One dead, 18 wounded in morning shelling of Ukraine city Kharkiv, regional governor says
One person died and 18 were wounded on Thursday in pre-dawn shelling of a residential area in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, Oleh Synehubov, the regional governor said. "At the moment, there a...
Aug 18, 2022
U.N. expert concludes ‘forced labour’ has taken place in Xinjiang
By Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) - It is "reasonable to conclude" that forced labour of members of minority groups has taken place in China's western Xinjiang region, the UN's top expert on sl...
Aug 18, 2022
