Author Archives: Syndicated Content
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
Firefighter stages daring rescue of woman trapped in submerged car in China floods
BEIJING (Reuters) - In China's rain-lashed province of Henan, a firefighter inched along a taut rope fixed over a swollen river, his life jacket grazing the fast-moving currents below, to reach a woma...
Jul 06, 2022
Qatar’s top diplomat in Tehran as Iran, US struggle to save 2015 pact
DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar's foreign minister travelled to Tehran on Wednesday to help break a months-long impasse in indirect talks between Iran and the United States on reviving a 2015 nuclear pact. Th...
Jul 06, 2022
EU plans investment in world’s tallest dam to dent Russia’s energy clout
By Francesco Guarascio and Nazarali Pirnazarov BRUSSELS/DUSHANBE (Reuters) - The European Union plans to become the top investor in the world's tallest dam in Tajikistan, EU officials told Reuters, in...
Jul 06, 2022
UK financial services minister John Glen resigns
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's financial services minister John Glen resigned on Wednesday in protest against Prime Minister Boris Johnson. "I can no longer reconcile my commitment to the role and to th...
Jul 06, 2022
Sudan’s Burhan relieves civilian members of the sovereign council from duties -statement
CAIRO (Reuters) - Sudan's military leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan issued a decree relieving the five civilian members of the sovereign council from their duties, a statement on the council's te...
Jul 06, 2022
Cyprus brings back face masks a month after scrapping them
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus ordered the reintroduction of face masks to combat COVID-19 on Wednesday, just over a month after scrapping the requirement, as infections spiked again. The requirement to w...
Jul 06, 2022
French PM gives policy speech, opposition flexes its muscles
By Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne will set out her minority government's priorities on Wednesday and spell out how she will try to navigate a new era of politi...
Jul 06, 2022
EU antitrust watchdog raids online food, groceries delivery companies
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's antitrust watchdog said on Wednesday that it raided several online food and groceries delivery companies in two EU countries, on concerns that they may be tak...
Jul 06, 2022
