Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Poland scraps most mask, quarantine rules
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland will lift the requirement to wear masks in confined spaces, except for health care facilities, and remove quarantine rules for travellers and roommates of infected people, Po...
Mar 24, 2022
EU mulls further sanctions against Russia, Lithuania says
BRUSSELS, Mar 24 (Reuters) - The European Union is talking about further sanctions on Russia but it will take time for the existing measures to show results, Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda said...
Mar 24, 2022
AfDB commits $2.8 billion to support private investment in S.Africa
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) is committing $2.8 billion over the next five years to support private sector investment in South Africa, the institution's president said ...
Mar 24, 2022
Hong Kong reports 13,074 new daily coronavirus infections
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong reported 13,074 new coronavirus infections and 201 deaths on Thursday, slightly higher than 12,240 infections the previous day, as authorities prepare to ease some of t...
Mar 24, 2022
Japan lodges stern protest against N.Korea missile launch
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has lodged a stern protest against North Korea after Pyongyang fired what Tokyo believes is a new model of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), Japanese Chief Cabinet Sec...
Mar 24, 2022
Swiss National Bank keeps expansive policy despite more expensive franc
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss National Bank kept its ultra-expansive monetary policy on hold on Thursday, bucking the trend of other central banks which have started hiking interest rates to tackle ris...
Mar 24, 2022
Japan PM says N.Korea’s missile launch ‘unacceptable act of violence’
TOKYO (Reuters) - North Korea's latest missile launch is an "unacceptable act of violence", Japanese Prime Minster Fumio Kishida said on Thursday. Kishida, who is in Brussels for the G7 summit, said h...
Mar 24, 2022
S.Korea military says N.Korea missile flew 1,080 km to altitude of 6,200 km -Yonhap
(Reuters) - South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Thursday that a North Korean missile flew 1,080 km (671 miles) and reached the altitude of 6,200 km (3852.5 miles) in its latest test, the Yonha...
Mar 24, 2022
Motor racing-Aston Martin F1 driver Vettel doubtful for Saudi Arabia Grand Prix
(Reuters) - Aston Martin's Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel has yet to test negative for COVID-19 and travel for this weekend's race in Saudi Arabia, the team said on Thursday. Four times world cha...
Mar 24, 2022
EU’s Borrell says Russia has no interest in negotiating ceasefire in Ukraine for now
MADRID (Reuters) - The Russian government has no interest in negotiating a ceasefire in Ukraine for now as its army has not reached its military goals, European Union's top diplomat Josep Borrell said...
Mar 24, 2022
