Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Iran will not back down on its red lines -Fars news agency, citing president
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran will not back down on its red lines in the nuclear talks with Western powers, President Ebrahim Raisi said on Tuesday, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. (Reporting by...
Mar 08, 2022
Flow of refugees from Ukraine rises to 2 million people, UNHCR head says
OSLO (Reuters) - The number of refugees fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine has now increased to 2 million, the head of the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said on Tuesday. "Today the outflow of refugee...
Mar 08, 2022
Ukraine president says child died from dehydration in besieged Mariupol
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday a child had died from dehydration in Ukraine's besieged city of Mariupol, which has had no water, power or heating sup...
Mar 08, 2022
Malaysia to reopen borders from April with quarantine waiver
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia will reopen its borders from April 1 and allow entry without quarantine for visitors vaccinated against COVID-19, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said on Tuesday. ...
Mar 08, 2022
Nigerian Yoruba activist released from prison in Benin
COTONOU (Reuters) - Nigerian activist Sunday Adeyemo, imprisoned in Benin since last year for allegedly plotting an insurrection in Nigeria, has been released under judicial supervision, one of his la...
Mar 08, 2022
U.N. rights boss Bachelet says China visit agreed in May, including Xinjiang
GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet announced on Tuesday that she has reached an agreement with China for a visit, "foreseen" in May, and said that she had already raised the ...
Mar 08, 2022
LME suspends nickel trading after prices soar past $100,000
By Eric Onstad LONDON (Reuters) -The London Metal Exchange (LME) halted nickel trading on Tuesday after prices doubled to a record $100,000 per tonne, fuelled by a race to cover short positions after ...
Mar 08, 2022
U.N. rights boss decries clampdown, arrests of anti-war protesters in Russia
GENEVA (Reuters) - The ability to criticise public policy in Russia, particularly its invasion of Ukraine, is narrowing, with some 12,700 people unlawfully detained in anti-war protests, the top U.N. ...
Mar 08, 2022
Malaysia’s 2021 investments hit record $73 billion
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia approved a record 306.5 billion ringgit ($73.33 billion) in investments last year, an 83% jump from 2020 led by the manufacturing sector, the nation's investment prom...
Mar 08, 2022
Russian air strike kills 21 civilians in Ukraine’s Sumy city, say local authorities
KOSICE, Slovakia (Reuters) - At least 21 civilians, including two children, were killed in a Russian air strike on a residential street in Ukraine's northeastern city of Sumy late on Monday, the regio...
Mar 08, 2022
