Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Penny pinching and power cuts; Lebanon’s middle class squeezed by crisis
By Edmund Blair and Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese school teacher Sara Wissam and her husband were comfortably off before a run on the local currency decimated the value of their salaries an...
Jan 23, 2022
Senegal elects mayors with eyes on 2024 presidential election
By Diadie Ba and Bate Felix DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal votes in municipal and regional elections on Sunday, amid growing political tensions over whether President Macky Sall will seek to extend his rul...
Jan 23, 2022
Delivery race among Indian grocery startups brings road safety risks
By Aditya Kalra and Abhirup Roy NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian grocery startups are luring tech-savvy customers with the promise of deliveries within 10 minutes, sparking a boom in "quick commerce", but...
Jan 23, 2022
One surrendered Hong Kong hamster tests COVID positive as city lockdown grows
By James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong authorities said on Sunday one hamster surrendered to authorities by pet-owners had tested positive for the COVID-19 virus and that over 2,200 hamsters...
Jan 23, 2022
Briton dies, another severely injured in Thailand after knife attack, police say
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A 49-year-old Briton was found dead at his home with knife wounds in western Thailand, and a Thai suspect was in custody, police said on Sunday. Another British man, 55, suffered i...
Jan 23, 2022
Tonga struggles with ash, psychological trauma after eruption and tsunami
By Kirsty Needham (Reuters) - Families have stopped children playing outside as Tonga struggles to deal with ash and the psychological fallout of last week's volcanic eruption and tsunami, aid workers...
Jan 23, 2022
Tennis-Shapovalov sends Zverev crashing out of Australian Open
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Denis Shapovalov upset an out-of-sorts Alexander Zverev 6-3 7-6(5) 6-3 in broiling heat to reach his first Australian Open quarter-final on Sunday. The Canadian lefthander was ma...
Jan 23, 2022
Soccer-Australia coach Arnold positive for COVID, to miss Vietnam game – reports
(Reuters) - Australia coach Graham Arnold is set to miss their crucial World Cup qualifier against Vietnam on Thursday after returning a positive test for COVID-19, the Sydney Morning Herald reported....
Jan 23, 2022
Syrian Kurdish forces tighten siege after Islamic State prison break
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) troops aided by U.S. troops tightened their siege of a prison housing Islamic State suspects after inmates took over...
Jan 23, 2022
Tennis-Belgian Van Uytvanck tests positive for COVID after Australian Open
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Belgian tennis player Alison Van Uytvanck said on Sunday she had tested positive for COVID-19 after playing at the Australian Open. "My exit test in Melbourne to go...
Jan 23, 2022
