Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive-Germany’s greenhouse gas emissions rose in 2021 – environment agency
By Markus Wacket BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's greenhouse gas emissions rose by just under 5% last year compared with 2020, the federal environment agency UBA said in its annual report seen by Reuters ...
Mar 14, 2022
Putin discusses Ukraine with Israeli prime minister Bennett
(Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the conflict in Ukraine by telephone with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Monday, the Kremlin said in a statement, adding that the call...
Mar 14, 2022
Sandbags and songs on Odessa beach as Ukrainians help build defences
By Natalie Thomas ODESSA, Ukraine (Reuters) - Residents of Odessa formed a human chain on Monday to carry heavy sandbags from the beach onto waiting trucks as the Ukrainian port city frantically built...
Mar 14, 2022
Leonardo to boost defence electronics business with 1 billion euro spending
MILAN (Reuters) - Leonardo plans to invest 1 billion euros ($1.10 billion) in Italy over five years to develop new products, modernize its factories and strengthen its supply chain in the defence elec...
Mar 14, 2022
Teen refugees in Berlin vow to return and rebuild Ukraine
By Petra Haverkamp and Martin Schlicht BERLIN (Reuters) - Polina Okhrytkova, 19, and Marta Pysanko, 18, first traded their arts studies at Kyiv University for building Molotov cocktails to help fend o...
Mar 14, 2022
EU member states agree new package of sanctions against Russia
(Reuters) -European Union member states have agreed on a fourth package of sanctions against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, the office of the French EU presidency wrote on Twitter on Monday...
Mar 14, 2022
Britain to ditch last COVID travel measures on Friday – minister
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will ditch the need for incoming travellers to fill in a passenger locator form, removing the last remaining COVID-19 travel measures from Friday, transport minister Grant S...
Mar 14, 2022
WikiLeaks’ Assange denied permission to appeal extradition decision at Supreme Court
LONDON (Reuters) -Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been denied permission to appeal at the Supreme Court against a decision to extradite him to the United States, the court said on Monday. U.S. au...
Mar 14, 2022
Russian central bank says to reduce limits for repo auctions to 1 trln rbls
(Reuters) - The Russian central bank said on Monday it would reduce the limits on repo auctions and deposit auctions for "fine-tuning" to 1 trillion roubles ($8.9 billion) from the previous threshold ...
Mar 14, 2022
U.S. agency issues more than 900 civil fines against maskless passengers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has proposed more than 900 civil penalty fines and 2,700 warning notices against maskless passengers since February 2021, a...
Mar 14, 2022
