Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China records more local COVID cases so far this year than in whole of 2021
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has reported more local symptomatic COVID-19 cases so far this year than it recorded in all of 2021, as the highly transmissible Omicron variant triggers outbreaks from Shang...
Mar 14, 2022
Russia sees no reason for UN peacekeepers to be sent to Ukraine – RIA
(Reuters) - Russia sees no reason for United Nations peacekeepers to be sent to Ukraine, RIA news agency quoted the Russian foreign ministry as saying. Pyotr Ilyichev, director of the minitry's intern...
Mar 14, 2022
Russia warns it may be forced to pay FX debt in roubles due to sanctions
(Reuters) -Russia's finance ministry said on Monday it had approved a temporary procedure for repaying foreign currency debt, but warned that payments would be made in roubles if sanctions prevent ban...
Mar 14, 2022
U.K.-based rights group says Hong Kong police accused it of violating security law
By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police have accused UK-based rights group Hong Kong Watch of "collusion with foreign forces," a "likely" violation of the China-imposed...
Mar 14, 2022
India’s February WPI inflation accelerates to 13.11% y/y
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's annual wholesale price-based inflation accelerated to 13.11% in February from the previous month's 12.96%, government data showed on Monday. February's figure was higher ...
Mar 14, 2022
South Korea’s Kakao founder quits board to focus on units’ global expansion
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean billionaire Brian Kim, founder of the country's leading chat app operator Kakao Corp, stepped down from its board to focus on global expansion of its affiliates' busines...
Mar 14, 2022
Europe’s carmakers scramble to replace Ukrainian auto parts
By Christina Amann and Nick Carey BERLIN (Reuters) - Carmakers including Volkswagen and BMW are scrambling to find alternative sources of vital parts made in Ukraine from as far afield as China and Me...
Mar 14, 2022
Europe’s arms imports jump amid tensions with Russia, says think-tank SIPRI
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Arms shipments to Europe jumped amid deteriorating relations with Russia in the five years through 2021, even as the global arms trade slowed, the Stockholm International Peace R...
Mar 14, 2022
SoftBank sold $1 billion Coupang stake
TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp's Vision Fund sold shares worth $1 billion in Korean e-commerce firm Coupang, a filing showed, amid a slump in the value of the tech investment firm's holdings. V...
Mar 14, 2022
At least one dead, three wounded after residential building hit in Kyiv – TV
LVIV (Reuters) - At least one person was killed and three injured when a shell hit a residential building in Kyiv on Monday morning, state Ukrainian TV reported. According to Ukrainian Interior Minist...
Mar 14, 2022
