Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Lebanese museum returns artefacts from Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Five Roman artefacts from the ancient city of Palmyra, a site damaged during Syria's decade-long conflict, were returned to Damascus on Thursday by a private Lebanese museum where t...
Jan 20, 2022
Security co-operation, China to dominate Biden’s talks with Japan’s Kishida
By Elaine Lies and David Brunnstrom TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Greater security co-operation between the United States and Japan is likely to be the focus of the first substantial talks between thei...
Jan 20, 2022
Golf-Jamieson leads in Abu Dhabi, Morikawa and McIlroy struggle
(Reuters) - Scott Jamieson took a one-shot lead in the opening round of the HSBC Championship in Abu Dhabi after carding an error-free 63 to finish at nine-under on Thursday while world number two Col...
Jan 20, 2022
Chinese banks, insurers urged to step up digitalisation -Securities Times
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese regulators urged banks and insurers to make clear progress in their digital transformation by 2025, the state-owned newspaper Securities Times reported on Thursday. The go...
Jan 20, 2022
Queen Elizabeth sends condolences to Tonga
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth send condolences to the king of Tonga after a huge volcanic eruption triggered a tsunami and smothered islands in ash. In a message to King Tupou VI of Ton...
Jan 20, 2022
U.S. imposes sanctions on four in Ukraine it says spread disinformation for Russia
By Daphne Psaledakis and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on current and former Ukrainian officials it accused of engaging in activities directed by...
Jan 20, 2022
Sputnik V shows higher Omicron-antibody levels than Pfizer in preliminary study
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A small preliminary laboratory study has shown that levels of Omicron-neutralising antibodies of people vaccinated with Russia's Sputnik V vaccine did not decline as much as of thos...
Jan 20, 2022
Shelling kills four people in Syria’s Afrin
BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least four people were killed and more than a dozen injured in shelling on the Syrian city of Afrin and a separate rocket attack on its outskirts on Thursday, medics at a local h...
Jan 20, 2022
NYC Mayor Eric Adams to receive first paycheck in cryptocurrency via Coinbase
(Reuters) -New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday said his first paycheck, to arrive on Friday, will be automatically converted into cryptocurrency via Coinbase Global Inc. The salary will be conv...
Jan 20, 2022
Olympics-‘Some people may not make it’: athletes risk failing Beijing COVID-19 tests – IOC expert
By David Stanway SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Strict COVID-19 testing requirements for the Beijing Winter Olympics could see more athletes from high-risk Omicron regions banned from participating, but the sys...
Jan 20, 2022
