Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Saudi prince told Biden that U.S. has made mistakes too, says Saudi official
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told U.S. President Joe Biden that Saudi Arabia had acted to prevent mistakes like the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi but that ...
Jul 16, 2022
Japan daily COVID infections exceed 110,000 to hit record -Jiji
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's daily COVID-19 infections hit a record of more than 110,000, Jiji news agency reported on Saturday. Faced with a seventh COVID wave, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday ...
Jul 16, 2022
Rights group says UAE has detained U.S. lawyer who represented Khashoggi
(Reuters) - United Arab Emirates authorities have detained Asim Ghafoor, a U.S. citizen and civil rights attorney who previously served as a lawyer for slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, said U.S.-base...
Jul 16, 2022
Philippines Marcos wants to renegotiate loans on $4.9 billion China-backed rail projects
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr ordered the transport ministry to renegotiate loan agreements struck by his predecessor with China for railway projects worth $4.90 billion,...
Jul 16, 2022
Wildfires spread further in southwest France, with 10,000 hectares ablaze
PARIS (Reuters) - Wildfires spread further in southwest France on Saturday, with nearly 10,000 hectares on fire in the Gironde region, up from 7,300 hectares on Friday. More than 12,200 people had bee...
Jul 16, 2022
Yellen says U.S. aims to move ahead with global minimum corporate tax despite setback
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - The United States will look for every opportunity to move ahead to enact a global minimum corporate tax agreement despite the opposition of a key Democratic senator, Jo...
Jul 16, 2022
Nine shot dead in Indonesia’s restive Papua, say police
(Reuters) - Nine people were shot dead in Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua in an attack believed to be perpetrated by armed separatists, police said on Saturday. Police in the provincial capita...
Jul 16, 2022
Thousands take part in Seoul LGBT festival, protesters rally
By DAE-WOUNG KIM and Yeni Seo SEOUL (Reuters) - Thousands of South Koreans took part in an LGBT festival in downtown Seoul on Saturday, as Christian and conservative groups held a rally in protest acr...
Jul 16, 2022
Two people killed in Russian shelling of Ukrainian town of Nikopol – Kyiv
KYIV (Reuters) - Two people were killed in Nikopol on Saturday when heavy Russian shelling hit the southern Ukrainian town, the emergency services and regional governor said. Rescuers recovered the bo...
Jul 16, 2022
Japan govt to support trading firms’ stakes in Sakhalin-2- sources
By Yoshifumi Takemoto, Ritsuko Shimizu and Miho Uranaka TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government plans to support Mitsui & Co and Mitsubishi Corp in their attempts to stay in the Sakhalin-2 oil and g...
Jul 16, 2022
