Author Archives: Syndicated Content
South Korea’s Yoon warns of stern retaliation in case of North Korea’s provocation
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol ordered the military on Wednesday to "promptly and sternly" retaliate in case of North Korea's provocation in his first meeting with the country...
Jul 05, 2022
Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now
(Reuters) - Russian troops were engaged in heavy fighting supported by widespread artillery fire as they launch a major offensive for Ukraine's Donetsk region, Ukrainian officials said, a day after Mo...
Jul 05, 2022
Vietnam, South Korea aim to boost trade to $100 billion next year
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam and South Korea aim to raise the value of bilateral trade between the countries to $100 billion next year and to $150 billion by 2030, up from $78 billion last year, the Viet...
Jul 05, 2022
Foot and mouth disease casts shadow over Eid festival in Indonesia
By Johan Purnomo JAKARTA (Reuters) - An outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Indonesia threatens to disrupt a ritual of slaughtering animals to mark the festival of Eid al-Adha this year, with livest...
Jul 05, 2022
New Zealand Defence Force, medical team deployed to Niue after COVID-19 outbreak
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand Defence Force said on Wednesday it had flown a team of civilian doctors, nurses and defence force personnel along with personal protective gear to ti...
Jul 05, 2022
Stocks slide, dollar shines as recession fears deepen
By Sam Byford TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian stocks slipped and the dollar stood by a two-decade high on the euro on Wednesday as investors' fears deepened that the continent is leading the world into recess...
Jul 05, 2022
Shanghai orders city’s karaoke venues to shut after new outbreak
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Shanghai has suspended operations of KTV karaoke venues in the city as it tries to stem a recent outbreak from one such location, but other recently reopened cultural venues like ...
Jul 05, 2022
Ruined Lysychansk eerily silent, residents remain in bomb shelters, after fall to Russia
(Reuters) - Lysychansk was once a city of a 100,000 people in Ukraine's eastern Luhansk region, but it now lies in ruins after its fall to Russian forces with many residents still living in bomb shelt...
Jul 05, 2022
Heavy fighting, widespread shelling in battle for Donetsk, says Ukrainian officials
By Simon Lewis and Max Hunder SLOVIANSK, Ukraine/KYIV (Reuters) - Russian troops are engaged in heavy fighting supported by widespread artillery fire as they launch a major offensive for Ukraine's Don...
Jul 05, 2022
Dollar rules as recession fears hit euro, pound under fire
By Rae Wee and Alun John SINGAPORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) - The dollar stood tall on Wednesday, holding at a 20-year peak against the euro and multi-month highs against other major peers as higher gas pr...
Jul 05, 2022
