Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. Democrats stockpile lawyers, money to fight Republican voting laws
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats are gearing up to spend record sums on lawyers, advertising and other protect-the-vote efforts before the 2022 midterm elections, hoping to stave o...
Feb 27, 2022
Italy to close its airspace to Russian aircraft
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy has decided to close its airspace to Russian aircraft, the prime minister's office said on Sunday, joining a string of European countries including Britain and Germany taking t...
Feb 27, 2022
Ukraine lodges case against Russia at world court – Zelensky
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Ukraine has filed a suit against Russia at the highest U.N. court in The Hague for disputes between states, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday. It was unclear on precise...
Feb 27, 2022
Stocks set for a painful week as conflict intensifies; bonds to gain
By Saikat Chatterjee LONDON (Reuters) - World markets were set for another tumultuous week after Western nations announced a harsh set of sanctions to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine and as ...
Feb 27, 2022
Czech government approves additional military aid to Ukraine
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech government has approved further military aid to Ukraine worth 400 million crowns ($18.23 million), Defence Minister Jana Cernochova told Czech Television on Sunday. She de...
Feb 27, 2022
Israel PM offers to mediate to stop Ukraine hostilities, Kremlin says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett offered his country's services as a mediator to bring peace to Ukraine in a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on S...
Feb 27, 2022
‘Heartbroken’ Pope urges help for Ukraine, condemns warmongers
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday called for humanitarian corridors to help refugees out of Ukraine and said those who make war should not be deluded into thinking that God is on their s...
Feb 27, 2022
Paralympics – Calls grow for Russia ban in sport, IPC to meet next week
BERLIN (Reuters) - Calls for a blanket ban of Russia in sport grew louder on Sunday with Germany's elite athletes' grouping demanding tougher sanctions and the International Paralympic Committee set t...
Feb 27, 2022
Netherlands to close airspace to Russia from Sunday evening
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands will close its airspace to Russian aircraft from Sunday evening, the infrastructure minister said. "There is no room in Dutch airspace for a regime that applies u...
Feb 27, 2022
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says he spoke to Belarus’ Lukashenko
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday said on his Telegram channel that he had spoken with Belarus' leader Alexander Lukashenko, after Kyiv had rejected talks in Belarus...
Feb 27, 2022
