Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Claire Danes digs into mystic mystery in ‘The Essex Serpent’
By Lisa Keddie LONDON (Reuters) - Claire Danes says her first role after nearly a decade in hit drama "Homeland" was both "wonderful" and "scary", going from playing a CIA officer to a grieving 19th c...
May 11, 2022
Ukraine Finance Minister forecasts 45% GDP drop, committed to service debt
LONDON (Reuters) - Ukraine's economy is expected to contract by 45% this year, the country's Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said on Wednesday, adding his government was committed to service its deb...
May 11, 2022
St-Gobain shares rise as Bluebell Capital calls for shake-up at company
PARIS (Reuters) -Shares in French construction materials giant St-Gobain rose on Wednesday, after the Financial Times reported that activist investment firm Bluebell Capital had called for a shake-up ...
May 11, 2022
After 65 days in limbo, American finally waves goodbye to China’s COVID lockdown
By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI (Reuters) - For the last 65 days Laura Hudson has been on a mission to leave China, navigating through all of its COVID restrictions to get back to the United States. On Wednesd...
May 11, 2022
Tunisia to raise the prices of some foodstuffs after farmers’ protests
By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia will raise the prices of some foods including milk, eggs and poultry this week, the agriculture minister said, following protests by farmers against a jump in ...
May 11, 2022
India’s top court puts colonial-era sedition law on hold for review
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Supreme Court on Wednesday barred the government from using a colonial-era sedition law, that critics say is often used to stifle dissent, pending a review. The 152-year-...
May 11, 2022
Gunmen kill seven Nigerian soldiers in ambush on army patrol -sources
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least seven soldiers were killed and two others were missing in Nigeria after they were ambushed by gunmen while on patrol in the eastern state of Taraba, two militar...
May 11, 2022
The meeting, then the mob. A ‘turning point’ in Sri Lankan crisis
By Alasdair Pal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - On Monday morning, hundreds of supporters gathered at the prime minister's official residence in Sri Lanka's commercial capital of Colombo whe...
May 11, 2022
Shanghai disease control officer lays down law defending quarantine measures
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - An official with Shanghai's disease control centre defended the strict imposition of COVID quarantine measures, rejecting accusations from critics that officials were overstepping...
May 11, 2022
Russian diplomats spurned in Europe’s capitals
By Joanna Plucinska and Andrius Sytas WARSAW/VILNIUS (Reuters) - Russian diplomat Sergiy Andreev was feeling unwelcome on the streets of Warsaw even before protesters doused him with red liquid thrown...
May 11, 2022
