Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China’s agriculture ministry says to facilitate commercialisation of GM soybeans, corn
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's agriculture ministry said on Monday that it will facilitate the commercialisation of genetically modified soybeans, corn and cotton crops. China will improve management of ...
Feb 28, 2022
Lufthansa cancels 30 flights to Russia this week
BERLIN (Reuters) - German flag airline Lufthansa said on Monday it had cancelled 30 flights to Russia of the Lufthansa, Eurowings and Austrian Airlines carriers this week. Lufthansa Cargo also cancell...
Feb 28, 2022
Russia tells Google to restrict ads it says contain inaccurate information on casualties
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Monday ordered Alphabet Inc's Google to immediately restrict access to information posted as part of Google Ads that it said contained inaccurate information about casualt...
Feb 28, 2022
NATO allies are stepping up military support to Ukraine -Stoltenberg
PARIS (Reuters) - NATO partners are providing Ukraine with air-defence missiles and anti-tank weapons, NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg said in a tweet on Monday, adding that he had held another phone conv...
Feb 28, 2022
Civilian death toll in Ukraine at least 102 but feared higher – U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) - At least 102 civilians in Ukraine have been killed since Russia launched its invasion last Thursday, with a further 304 injured, but the real figure is feared to be "considerably hi...
Feb 28, 2022
Crypto exchange Binance says it won’t unilaterally freeze accounts in Russia
(Reuters) - Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has no plans to unilaterally freeze user accounts in Russia, the company's representative said on Monday, after Ukraine had asked cryptocurrency bourses to ...
Feb 28, 2022
Ukraine president asks for fast-track EU membership
LVIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday asked the European Union to allow Ukraine to gain membership under a special procedure immediately as it defends itself from invasion...
Feb 28, 2022
Lithuania asks international criminal court to investigate war crimes in Ukraine
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania's government announced on Monday it will ask prosecutors at the International Criminal Court to investigate "war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine". "There is...
Feb 28, 2022
Number of flights via Kazakhstan triples after European bans on Russian airlines
ALMATY (Reuters) - The number of flights through Kazakhstan's airspace tripled to more than 450 on Monday after European bans on flights by Russian airlines, Kazakh air navigation company Kazaeronavig...
Feb 28, 2022
HSBC orders staff to drop Russian banks VTB, VEB – memo
By Carolyn Cohn and Saeed Azhar LONDON (Reuters) - British bank HSBC is beginning to wind down relations with a host of Russian banks including the second-largest, VTB, according to a memo seen by Reu...
Feb 28, 2022
