Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Israel’s president flies to Turkey to thaw frosty ties as gas interest grows
By Steven Scheer LOD, Israel (Reuters) - President Isaac Herzog embarked on Wednesday on the first visit by an Israeli leader to Turkey since 2008 as the regional rivals seek to overcome years of anim...
Mar 09, 2022
Climate change group vows to disrupt UK oil refineries
LONDON (Reuters) - Climate change protesters said on Wednesday they intended to block major British oil refineries next month as part of their campaign to force the government to end reliance on fossi...
Mar 09, 2022
S.Korea conservative presidential candidate Yoon slightly ahead – exit poll
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's conservative presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol was slightly ahead of liberal Lee Jae-myung with 48.4% to 47.8%, an exit poll conducted jointly by three television ne...
Mar 09, 2022
EU working on new sanctions on about 100 Russians, Borrell says
STRASBOURG (Reuters) - European Union governments are preparing a new round of travel bans and asset freezes on some 100 Russians over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine and a decision could come later on W...
Mar 09, 2022
More Ukrainians flee across borders in freezing temperatures, aid effort intensifies
By Marek Strzelecki and Branko Filipovic PRZEMYSL, Poland/SIRET, Romania (Reuters) - Thousands more Ukrainian refugees fled to central and eastern Europe on Wednesday, many with no contacts and nowher...
Mar 09, 2022
Recent surge in energy costs to cut Italy 2022 GDP by 0.7 points – ISTAT
ROME (Reuters) - The recent surge in energy prices will reduce Italy's economic growth this year by around 0.7 percentage points, national statistics institute ISTAT estimated on Wednesday. In its mon...
Mar 09, 2022
Canada will send Ukraine another shipment of military equipment, Trudeau says
(Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday said he told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a call that Canada will send Ukraine another shipment of highly-specialized mili...
Mar 09, 2022
Europe-wide gas price cap needed to limit soaring costs – Engie CEO
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A Europe-wide cap on gas prices is needed to respond to soaring prices and contain price volatility in the gas and electricity markets, Engie chief executive Catherine MacGregor s...
Mar 09, 2022
Dutch PM Rutte: EU should first use existing financial instruments in Ukraine crisis
PARIS (Reuters) - The European Union should fully use existing financial instruments to cope with the Ukrainian crisis before launching joint EU funds for that purpose, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte...
Mar 09, 2022
Russia demands U.S. explain biological programme in Ukraine
LONDON (Reuters) - Russia demanded on Wednesday that the United States explain to the world why it had supported what Moscow cast as a military biological programme in Ukraine. Foreign ministry spokes...
Mar 09, 2022
