Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Sudanese protesters against military rule defy tear gas to reach palace gates
By Khalid Abdelaziz KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Huge crowds of Sudanese protesters demonstrating against military rule advanced up to the gates of the presidential palace in central Khartoum on Monday, despi...
Feb 28, 2022
International banks put Russian sanctions into action
By Carolyn Cohn and Saeed Azhar LONDON (Reuters) - British banking group HSBC, France's Societe Generale and South Korean lenders are winding down relationships with a host of Russian banks, as they p...
Feb 28, 2022
Putin bans forex transfers to outside Russia from March 1
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a ban on foreign exchange loans and transfers by Russian residents to outside of Russia from March 1, the Kremlin said on Monday, in retalia...
Feb 28, 2022
U.N. Security council imposes arms embargo on Yemen’s Houthi group
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council on Monday imposed an arms embargo on Yemen's Houthis after the group claimed several drone and missile assaults the United Arab Emirates ...
Feb 28, 2022
Majority of Finns now want to join NATO – poll
HELSINKI (Reuters) - For the first time, more than half of Finns are in favour of their country joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), according to a poll commissioned by public broadc...
Feb 28, 2022
EU drug regulator extends shelf life of J&J vaccine to 11 months
(Reuters) - The European drug regulator extended the shelf life of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine to 11 months from 4.5 months, updated product information showed on Monday. Unopened vials of th...
Feb 28, 2022
Russian court rejects Google appeal against 7.2 billion rouble fine – Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Monday rejected an appeal by Alphabet Inc's Google and upheld a 7.2 billion rouble ($73.39 million) fine over its failure to delete content Russia deems illegal, ...
Feb 28, 2022
Lithuania asks Google and Apple to remove Yandex ride-hailing app -transport ministry
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania's transport and economy ministers said on Monday they asked Google and Apple to remove, in Lithuania, the app for the Yandex.taxi ride-hailing service, owned by Uber and ...
Feb 28, 2022
North Korea blames Ukraine crisis on ‘hegemonic high-handedness’ of U.S
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea broke its silence on Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Monday, blaming the "hegemonic policy" and "high-handedness" of the United States and the West. Cease...
Feb 28, 2022
Hitmaker Neil Diamond sells entire song catalogue to Universal
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. singer-songwriter Neil Diamond, the voice behind classic tunes like "Sweet Caroline" and "Cracklin' Rosie", has sold his entire song catalogue to the ...
Feb 28, 2022
