Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Heavy rain leaves at least 34 dead in Brazil’s Petropolis
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - At least 34 people died after heavy rain hit Petropolis, a city in the mountainous region of Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state, local government said on Wednesday. City streets ...
Feb 16, 2022
Exclusive-Paraguay soy crushers, hit by drought, risk running out of beans
By Daniela Desantis ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguay's soybean crushing industry will run out of beans to process by the middle of the year due to a drought hammering production, the country's trade indu...
Feb 16, 2022
Guatemala earthquake triggers rockfalls and uproots trees
GUATEMELA CITY (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck southwestern Guatemala early on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, uprooting trees and causing lan...
Feb 16, 2022
Exclusive-Lithuania warns banks of cyber attacks, power cuts amid fears of war in Ukraine
By Andrius Sytas (Reuters) - Lithuania's central bank has told the country's banks to prepare for power cuts and cyberattacks as Russia's standoff with Ukraine risks spilling over into a military conf...
Feb 16, 2022
Scotland to offer COVID vaccines to all 5-11 year olds
LONDON (Reuters) -Scotland will offer COVID-19 vaccines to all 5-11 year olds, first minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday, accepting advice received from British vaccine advisers. The Joint Comm...
Feb 16, 2022
No Russian withdrawal yet, Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says – BBC
LONDON (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he does not yet see any Russian troop withdrawal from positions near to the Ukrainian border, the BBC reported on Wednesday. "To be hone...
Feb 16, 2022
Olympics-Speed skating-Bowe bids to end long U.S. wait in women’s 1,000m
By Sakura Murakami BEIJING (Reuters) - The absence of the 2018 Olympic champion leaves the women's 1,000 metres speed skating wide open, with American Brittany Bowe seeking to become the first America...
Feb 16, 2022
Samsung invests $920 million in Vietnam plant expansion
HANOI (Reuters) - South Korean electronic components manufacturer Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co Ltd will invest $920 million in a production facility in northern Vietnam, the Southeast Asian country sa...
Feb 16, 2022
‘Prepared for the worst’: Polish PM braces for Ukrainian refugees
By Alicja Ptak WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland is planning for a possible influx of refugees from Ukraine in case of a Russian invasion, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Wednesday, despite Moscow's...
Feb 16, 2022
Erdogan says Turkey continuing “positive dialogue” with Saudi Arabia -media
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey is continuing a "positive dialogue" with Saudi Arabia and wants to take concrete steps in the coming days to improve ties, President Tayyip Erdogan was cited as saying on Wed...
Feb 16, 2022
