Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Climate change protesters block central Paris square to protest election choices
PARIS (Reuters) - Climate change activists forced the closure of a main square in central Paris on Saturday to protest against the environmental programmes put forward by France's remaining presidenti...
Apr 16, 2022
Opponents of French far-right plan protests as election campaign enters final week
By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) - Protests were expected around France on Saturday as opponents of far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen seek to form a united front to prevent her from winning ...
Apr 16, 2022
Moscow bars entry to Russia for UK’s Johnson, Truss, Wallace
(Reuters) - Russia's foreign ministry said on Saturday that it had barred entry to the country for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and ...
Apr 16, 2022
Ukraine working with Turkey, understands parallel ties to Russia -Ukrainian diplomat
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Ukraine is working with NATO member Turkey as much as possible for more support over Russia's invasion and understands - even though it is not happy with - the reality of Ankara's...
Apr 16, 2022
Omicron-specific Sinopharm COVID vaccine candidates cleared for clinical trial
BEIJING (Reuters) - Two COVID-19 vaccine candidates developed by units of China National Biotec Group (CNBG) to target the Omicron variant were approved for clinical trials as boosters in Hong Kong, t...
Apr 16, 2022
Russia strikes armoured vehicle plant, military repair facility in Ukraine – Interfax
(Reuters) - Russia destroyed production buildings of an armoured vehicle plant in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and a military repair facility in the city of Mykolaiv, the Interfax news agency quoted ...
Apr 16, 2022
Ukraine’s GDP may fall between 30%-50% in 2022 – Finance Minister
(Reuters) - Ukraine's gross domestic product (GDP) may fall between 30% and 50% this year, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said in televised comments on Saturday. (Reporting in Kyiv by Pavel Polityu...
Apr 16, 2022
Ukraine deputy PM: 9 evacuation corridors, including Mariupol, agreed for Saturday
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said nine humanitarian corridors had been agreed for Saturday to evacuate civilians, including from the besieged city of Mariupol by pri...
Apr 16, 2022
At least two die in Russian attacks across Ukraine – officials
(Reuters) - At least two civilians were killed and four wounded in Russian attacks across Ukraine, local officials said early on Saturday. One person was killed and three wounded in shelling in the ea...
Apr 16, 2022
Sri Lanka regulator halts Colombo Stock Exchange next week
(Reuters) - The Securities And Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka said on Saturday it was directing the Colombo Stock Exchange to suspend the stock market for five business days from Monday. (Reporting ...
Apr 16, 2022
