Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Lebanese patriarch warns against calls for postponing vote
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A decision by Lebanon's leading Sunni Muslim politician to step back from politics and boycott a parliamentary election in May must not be used as an excuse to call for a delay, the...
Jan 30, 2022
NATO calls on Europe to diversify energy supply amid standoff with Russia
By Kylie MacLellan and Maxim Rodionov LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Europe needs to diversify its energy supplies, the head of NATO said on Sunday, as Britain warned it was "highly likely" that Russia, a ...
Jan 30, 2022
Egyptian court sentences 10 to death for planning attacks -state news agency
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court has sentenced to death 10 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group for planning attacks on the police, the state-news agency MENA said on Sunday. The 10 wer...
Jan 30, 2022
Explainer-Scientists on alert over rising cases caused by Omicron cousin BA.2
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - The highly transmissible Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus - the most common form of which is known as BA.1 - now accounts for nearly all of the coronavi...
Jan 30, 2022
UK’s Harry and Meghan voice concern to Spotify over COVID-19 misinformation
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have expressed their concern to Spotify about COVID-19 misinformation on its platform and are committed to continuing to work with the com...
Jan 30, 2022
China’s Evergrande seeks legal advice over HK rural plot
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China Evergrande Group said on Sunday that recievers have been appointed for a plot of undeveloped land in Hong Kong's rural Yuen Long district, in the latest development to hit ...
Jan 30, 2022
Tennis-Intruder halts play in men’s singles final at Melbourne
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A protester jumped on to the court and interrupted play at a crucial stage of the Australian Open men's singles final between Russian world number two Daniil Medvedev and Rafa Na...
Jan 30, 2022
Olympics-Beijing offers high tech power naps to journalists at the Games
By Angie Teo and Irene Wang BEIJING (Reuters) - Journalists reporting on the Winter Olympics are being offered the chance to sleep on the job thanks to high tech cabins at the Beijing media centre. Th...
Jan 30, 2022
UK plans to broaden scope of sanctions it could apply to Russia -Truss
By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - The British government will introduce new legislation this week to broaden the scope of sanctions it can apply to Russia in an effort to deter aggression towards ...
Jan 30, 2022
Oil spill threatens corals in eastern Thailand
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Authorities are rushing to prevent an oil spill in eastern Thailand from damaging fragile corals, after officials said on Sunday the leak that began last week was drifting towards ...
Jan 30, 2022
