Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Lebanon’s ordeal: from civil strife to economic collapse
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon marks the second anniversary on Thursday of the Beirut port explosion that killed 215 people and is widely seen as a symbol of corruption and bad governance by the sectarian...
Aug 01, 2022
Marcos rules out Philippines rejoining ICC ahead of plan to resume probe
MANILA (Reuters) - President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Monday ruled out the Philippines rejoining the International Criminal Court (ICC), whose prosecutor plans to resume an investigation into the previo...
Aug 01, 2022
A year after Olympic defection, Belarusian sprinter dreams of 2024 Paris Games
(Reuters) - One year ago, sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya's life was upended when she refused to board a plane back to her native Belarus after being kicked out of the Tokyo Olympics by her team. Wha...
Aug 01, 2022
From blast to banking crisis, one woman embodies Lebanon’s complete collapse
By Maya Gebeily BEIRUT (Reuters) - Liliane Cheaito's scratchy, laboured breathing went on until a nurse appeared at her hospital bed, where the 28-year-old has spent nearly every moment of the last tw...
Aug 01, 2022
Refuse trucks were in cartel, EU court rules in Daimler damages case
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Refuse collection trucks were included in a European truck cartel the European Commission fined in 2016, the top EU court ruled on Monday, opening the door to claims from buyers o...
Aug 01, 2022
K-pop’s BTS may still be able to perform while doing military service – minister
(Fixes typo in first paragraph) By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -K-pop boy band BTS might still be able to perform overseas while serving in the military, South Korea's defence minister said on Monday...
Aug 01, 2022
Russia’s Chubais ill with rare immune disorder, close sources say
LONDON (Reuters) - Anatoly Chubais, who quit his post as a Kremlin special envoy due to the war in Ukraine, is being treated in intensive care in Europe for a rare immune disorder that attacks the ner...
Aug 01, 2022
Hong Kong’s Q2 GDP shrinks 1.4% y/y
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's economy contracted by 1.4% in the second quarter from a year earlier, advance government data showed on Monday, with weak performance in external trade during the qua...
Aug 01, 2022
Kosovo starts issuing extra documents to Serbian citizens as protesters block roads
ZUPCE, Kosovo (Reuters) - Kosovo's government on Monday began issuing extra documents to Serbian citizens crossing into its territory, as Serbs living in the north of the country who oppose the decisi...
Aug 01, 2022
Kenyan ministers rally around Meta’s Facebook after watchdog’s ultimatum
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya has no intention of shutting down Facebook, which is owned by Meta, its ICT minister said on Monday after the national cohesion watchdog gave the platform seven days to compl...
Aug 01, 2022
