Author Archives: Syndicated Content
England’s COVID-19 prevalence falls back from record high
LONDON (Reuters) - The estimated COVID-19 prevalence in England fell back from a record high in the week ending January 15, the Office for National Statistics said on Wednesday, with an estimated 1 in...
Jan 19, 2022
Belgian court jails trafficking gang leader for Vietnamese truck deaths
By Clement Rossignol BRUGES, Belgium (Reuters) - The Vietnamese head of a human trafficking gang was sentenced to 15 years in jail by a Belgian court on Wednesday for the manslaughter of 39 compatriot...
Jan 19, 2022
East German soccer star ‘Dixie’ Doerner dies aged 70
BERLIN (Reuters) - Hans-Juergen "Dixie" Doerner, a footballer dubbed the Franz Beckenbauer of former Communist East Germany, has died aged 70, his old club Dynamo Dresden said on Wednesday. "With 'Dix...
Jan 19, 2022
Borders must not be moved by force, Germany’s Scholz says
BERLIN (Reuters) - Borders in Europe must not be moved by force, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said, adding that after years of rising tensions around Ukraine's border with Russia, it was impossible t...
Jan 19, 2022
Analysis-Governments no match for markets in European energy crunch
By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) - European governments have spent tens of billions of euros trying to shield consumers from record high energy prices, and themselves from voters' wrath, but the me...
Jan 19, 2022
Explainer-How financial Western sanctions might target Russia
By Karin Strohecker LONDON (Reuters) - Growing tensions between Moscow and Western powers have raised the prospect of new sanctions on Russia, possibly the severest yet, in the event of a Russian atta...
Jan 19, 2022
Germany’s Merkel turns down U.N. job offer
BERLIN (Reuters) - Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has turned down the offer of a job at the United Nations, her office said on Wednesday, a month after she stepped down as Europe's most powerf...
Jan 19, 2022
Credit Suisse chairman Horta-Osorio earned about 3.5 million francs before departure – source
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Antonio Horta-Osorio will have earned roughly 3.5 million Swiss francs ($3.8 million) as chairman of Credit Suisse, a person familiar with the matter said, adding that he would n...
Jan 19, 2022
Ukrainian police scuffle with Poroshenko supporters as Blinken visits
By Natalia Zinets and Simon Lewis KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian police scuffled on Wednesday with supporters of former president Petro Poroshenko, who was due to appear in court in a treason case that he...
Jan 19, 2022
Dutch museums, concert halls open briefly in protest at COVID-19 lockdown
By Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Museums and concert halls in the Netherlands opened briefly on Wednesday to protest at their continued closure under a COVID-19 lockdown, offering yoga session...
Jan 19, 2022
