Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Iran, China and Russia hold naval drills in north Indian Ocean
(Reuters) - Iran, China and Russia held their third joint naval drills in the northern Indian Ocean on Friday, state TV reported. Navies from Iran's armed forces and Revolutionary Guards are taking pa...
Jan 21, 2022
Rio Tinto shares plunge as Serbia pulls plug on its $2.4 billion lithium project
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Shares in Rio Tinto tumbled on Friday after Serbia revoked its lithium exploration licences over environmental concerns, hurting the Anglo-Australian miner's ambit...
Jan 21, 2022
Pakistan records most daily COVID cases since pandemic began
By Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan reported on Friday over 7,000 COVID-19 cases in a single day, its highest daily number of infections since the pandemic began, as the south A...
Jan 21, 2022
Electing Draghi as president “feasible” if plan for govt exists- former PM to paper
ROME (Reuters) - The election of Prime Minister Mario Draghi as Italy's new president "is feasible" if there is a plan in place for his succession as premier, former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and le...
Jan 21, 2022
U.S. crude exports ramp up as global demand recovers
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. crude exports are ramping up due to increasing demand from Asia and Europe and recovering U.S. production from the lows of the coronavirus pandemic. Surgin...
Jan 21, 2022
Factbox-World faces shortage of lithium for electric vehicle batteries
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Lithium is in hot demand due to rapidly growing production of electric vehicles that use lithium-ion batteries, but there is a global supply shortage of the metal, with western c...
Jan 21, 2022
Analysis-German big business piles pressure on Lithuania in China row
By Andrius Sytas and John O'Donnell VILNIUS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Lithuania is under pressure from German companies to back down in a dispute with China to end a blockade of the Baltic state, as Europ...
Jan 21, 2022
Beijing Games torch relay confined to closed venues due to COVID
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Beijing Winter Olympics torch relay will be cordoned off from the public because of concern about the spread of the coronavirus, organisers said on Friday. The relay involving ...
Jan 21, 2022
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: COVID disrupts aid flight to tsunami-hit Tonga As aid trickles into the South Pacific nation of Tonga, devastated by a volcani...
Jan 21, 2022
Japan’s Kishida says up to BOJ to decide on exit from easy money policy
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reiterated on Friday it was up to the central bank to decide on an exit strategy from its massive stimulus programme. "It's left to the Bank of ...
Jan 21, 2022
