Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Heavily armed militants break 60 inmates from Burkina Faso prison
By Thiam Ndiaga OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Militants freed around 60 prisoners during an attack on a jail in northwest Burkina Faso overnight, ransacking offices and setting vehicles ablaze before making...
May 08, 2022
Moscow’s mood ahead of Victory Day mixes anxiety and resilience
(Reuters) - Moscow residents appeared anxious but resilient as the country prepared on Sunday for its annual commemoration of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany with an economy reeling from the West...
May 08, 2022
Ukrainian fighters at besieged Azovstal plant vow to fight till the end
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian fighters at the besieged Azovstal steel plant in the southeastern port of Mariupol, who are the last holdout against Russian forces in the city, vowed on Sunday to continue ...
May 08, 2022
Israel to end mandatory COVID-19 tests for arrivals at Tel Aviv airport
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Sunday it was ending mandatory COVID-19 testing for arrivals at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport, but foreigners would still have to test negative overseas before boa...
May 08, 2022
Tunisian president’s backers rally to demand clampdown on opposition
TUNIS (Reuters) - Hundreds of Tunisians demonstrated to support President Kais Saied on Sunday and to back his rewriting of the constitution that opponents say will entrench his one-man rule. Saied's ...
May 08, 2022
‘I want change’: Lebanese abroad vote in May 15 election
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese in more than 40 countries will start voting in a national election on Sunday, with many set to back political newcomers after the worst crisis since Lebanon's 1975-90 civil...
May 08, 2022
Mumbai mosques turn volume down on call to prayer after Hindu’s demands
By Rupam Jain MUMBAI (Reuters) - Sitting in an office lined with books overlooking a giant prayer hall, Mohammed Ashfaq Kazi, the main preacher at the largest mosque in Mumbai, checked a decibel meter...
May 08, 2022
Russian climber dies at camp on Mount Everest, Nepali official says
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Russian climber Pavel Kostrikin died at Camp I of Mount Everest, the first reported death of a foreigner on the world's highest peak in the current climbing seaso...
May 08, 2022
Explainer-How the U.S. could tighten sanctions on Russia
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has imposed several rafts of sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine in February, targeting its central bank, major lenders, olig...
May 08, 2022
France’s Le Pen still hopes to unsettle Macron in legislative elections
PARIS (Reuters) - French far-right politician Marine Le Pen returned to the electoral fray on Sunday, announcing herself as a candidate in the parliamentary elections in June after weeks of silence si...
May 08, 2022
