Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Uganda welcomes young mothers back to school
By Elias Biryabarema BUGULA, Uganda (Reuters) - At a tumble-down wooden shack in a fishing village on the shores of Lake Victoria in Uganda, 17-year-old Margaret Babirye cuddles her baby at lunch brea...
Feb 28, 2022
Russia’s Lavrov cancels Geneva trip because of EU airspace ban -RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minster Sergei Lavrov has cancelled a trip to Geneva for disarmament talks because his plane would not be able to pass through airspace that the European Union has c...
Feb 28, 2022
Lordstown Motors expects to sell 500 Endurance pickup trucks in 2022
(Reuters) - Electric vehicle startup Lordstown Motors Corp said on Monday it expects to manufacture and sell about 500 Endurance electric pickup trucks this year. The company expects to sell as many a...
Feb 28, 2022
Italy to receive first 21 billion euros from EU Covid-19 fund – Von der Leyen
PARIS (Reuters) - Italy will receive a first payment of 21 billion euros ($23.53 billion) from the "Next Generation EU" fund to help states compensate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, EU Commissio...
Feb 28, 2022
U.S. halts operations at embassy in Belarus, OKs evacuation from U.S. embassy in Moscow
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Operations at the U.S. embassy in Minsk have been suspended and non-emergency employees and family members are authorized to voluntarily depart the U.S. embassy in Moscow, Secre...
Feb 28, 2022
Putin calls West an ‘Empire of Lies’ after sanctions imposed
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin called the West an "Empire of Lies" as he discussed the economy with top officials on Monday following the imposition of sweeping sanctions against ...
Feb 28, 2022
Russian strategic missile forces placed on high alert after Putin order -Ifax cites defence ministry
(Reuters) - Russia's defence ministry on Monday said its strategic missile forces and Northern and Pacific fleets had been placed on enhanced combat duty, the Interfax news agency reported, in line wi...
Feb 28, 2022
Citing sanctions, Volvo suspends car shipments to Russia
BEIJING (Reuters) - Swedish automaker Volvo Cars said on Monday it will suspend car shipments to the Russian market until further notice, becoming the first international carmaker to do so as sanction...
Feb 28, 2022
Fourteen people missing after Tanzanian aircraft crashes in Comoros, owner says
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Rescuers in the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros are searching for 14 passengers and crew on a Tanzania-registered light aircraft which crashed over the weekend, the plane...
Feb 28, 2022
U.S. officials: Sanctions likely to spike Russian inflation, hit purchasing power
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fierce economic sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies on Russia's central bank and other key sources of wealth are likely to drive Russian inflation higher, crip...
Feb 28, 2022
