Author Archives: Syndicated Content
A year after floods in Germany a quarter of insurance claims still open
BERLIN (Reuters) - One year after devastating floods in two western states in Germany, a quarter of the insurance claims are still open, and 40% of the total damages of 8.5 billion euros ($8.7 billion...
Jul 06, 2022
Russia: detained U.S. basketball player Griner may appeal, ask for clemency
(Reuters) - Russia's foreign ministry said on Wednesday that detained U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner may appeal her sentence or apply for clemency once a verdict has been delivered. Russian fo...
Jul 06, 2022
S.Africans gather to mourn deaths of 21 teenagers in tavern tragedy
By Johnnie Isaac EAST LONDON, South Africa (Reuters) - South African mourners gathered in the coastal city of East London on Wednesday to grieve the still-mysterious deaths of 21 teenagers in a poorly...
Jul 06, 2022
Congo and Rwanda to begin talks amid tensions over insurgency
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame are due to begin talks in the Angolan capital Luanda on Wednesday amid tensions o...
Jul 06, 2022
Russian foreign ministry says Turkey hasn’t detained grain ship
(Reuters) - Russia's foreign ministry said on Wednesday that reports the Russian-flagged cargo ship Zhibek Zholy was detained in the Turkish port of Karasu on suspicion of carrying stolen Ukrainian gr...
Jul 06, 2022
Kremlin slams Japan’s ‘unfriendly’ stance amid oil price cap talk
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin criticised Japan on Wednesday over what it called a "very unfriendly position" towards Russia, saying this hampered the development of economic relations, including in e...
Jul 06, 2022
UK Conservative lawmaker Tom Hunt submits letter of no confidence in PM Johnson
LONDON (Reuters) - British Conservative Party lawmaker Tom Hunt has submitted a letter of no confidence in Prime Minister Boris Johnson, he said on Wednesday. "Events of the past week have been the la...
Jul 06, 2022
Around 300 inmates on the run after suspected Boko Haram raid on Nigeria prison
ABUJA (Reuters) - Around 300 inmates are on the run after a suspected Boko Haram raid on a prison in the Nigerian capital Abuja on Tuesday night, an interior ministry official said. (Reporting by Abra...
Jul 06, 2022
Russian bank Tinkoff suspends outgoing FX SWIFT transfers until October
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian online bank Tinkoff on Wednesday said it was suspending outgoing SWIFT transfers in foreign currencies until Oct. 1 after admitting it had struggled with such transactions d...
Jul 06, 2022
China allows AstraZeneca’s COVID preventive drug in southern city
BEIJING (Reuters) - AstraZeneca Plc's antibody cocktail for COVID-19 prevention has been cleared for use in a medical tourism zone in China's southern province of Hainan ahead of national approval, lo...
Jul 06, 2022
