Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Oil prices drop on profit-taking, supply fears linger
By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices slipped on Monday, giving up earlier gains as investors took profits after a surge in the previous session, but global supply fears loomed with the Europe...
May 15, 2022
Lebanon vote brings blow for Hezbollah allies in preliminary results
By Laila Bassam, Timour Azhari and Maya Gebeily BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iran-backed Hezbollah has been dealt a blow in Lebanon's parliamentary election with preliminary results showing losses for some of i...
May 15, 2022
S.Korea says it will spare no effort to help North Korea amid COVID outbreak
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Monday the country will spare no effort to help North Korea, as the isolated nation battles a COVID-19 outbreak, and reiterated he will ...
May 15, 2022
Food charity production line caters for displaced in Ukraine’s Dnipro
By Jorge Silva DNIPRO, Ukraine (Reuters) - Alla Dubovyk, a single mother of six, is among thousands of Ukrainians who have been receiving meal packages from the charity set up by businessman Vladyslav...
May 15, 2022
Poor workers bear the brunt of India’s heatwave
By Sunil Kataria NOIDA, India (Reuters) - For construction worker Yogendra Tundre, life at a building site on the outskirts of the Indian capital New Delhi is hard enough. This year, record high tempe...
May 15, 2022
Dollar starts week on strong footing on firm safe-haven bid
By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) - The dollar started the week just off a 20-year high against peers on Monday, as investors sought safety due to fears about global growth while cryptocurrency markets...
May 15, 2022
China reports 1,227 new COVID cases for May 15 vs 1,789 a day earlier
BEIJING (Reuters) - Mainland China reported 1,227 new coronavirus cases for May 15, of which 151 were symptomatic and 1,076 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Monday. That compa...
May 15, 2022
Cuban lawmakers pass new penal code critiqued by rights, media groups
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban lawmakers on Sunday approved a new penal code for the country that is being critiqued by some rights groups who say its clause on foreign funding may be used to unjustly stifl...
May 15, 2022
Cricket-Local man tried to save Symonds after crash
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A man tried to revive former Australia cricketer Andrew Symonds after he crashed his car in Queensland over the weekend, Australian media reported on Monday. The all-rounder and ...
May 15, 2022
Japan April wholesale prices soar a record 10% as Ukraine war keeps energy costs high
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's wholesale prices jumped 10% in April from the same month a year earlier, data showed on Monday, rising at a record rate as the Ukraine crisis and a weak yen pushed up the cos...
May 15, 2022
