Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Hong Kong orders hamster cull after COVID-19 hits pets
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong ordered a cull of 2,000 hamsters on Tuesday and warned pet owners not to kiss animals after a new cluster of COVID-19 cases was traced to a pet shop. The...
Jan 18, 2022
Malaysia regulator unable to conclude if anti-graft official breached law
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's securities regulator on Tuesday said it was unable to "conclusively establish" whether the country's top anti-graft official violated a law on securities trading af...
Jan 18, 2022
Germany to help companies shoulder higher power costs
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany will support companies struggling to cope with higher energy costs that threaten to hurt industries with large power consumption, Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habec...
Jan 18, 2022
Undersea cable fault could cut off Tonga from rest of the world for weeks
By Praveen Menon and Tom Westbrook WELLINGTON/SYDNEY (Reuters) - The South Pacific archipelago of Tonga could spend days, or even weeks, cut off from the rest of world because of difficulties in repai...
Jan 18, 2022
Soccer-Real Madrid great Gento dies aged 88
(Reuters) - Francisco "Paco" Gento, one of Read Madrid's greatest players and a European champion with Spain, has died at the age of 88, the club said on Tuesday. Having started his career at Racing S...
Jan 18, 2022
China aviation regulator suspends eight more incoming U.S. flights
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's aviation regulator on Tuesday suspended another eight incoming U.S. flights by U.S. airlines, bringing the total cancellation this year to 84, based on a Reuters tally. The...
Jan 18, 2022
Swine fever-hit Philippines sees ‘substantial’ growth in hog population
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' swine inventory increased by about 700,000 heads over the last 12 months owing to a repopulation programme, following two years of declines due to African swine fev...
Jan 18, 2022
Russia says Kyiv embassy working normally after report on families leaving
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Tuesday its embassy in Kyiv was operating as usual following a New York Times report that Moscow had begun evacuating the families of staff at its diplomatic missions...
Jan 18, 2022
Romania sees biggest daily jump in COVID-19 cases in three months
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania reported 16,760 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, more than double on the day and the biggest single-day rise since October, as the Omicron coronavirus variant takes hold...
Jan 18, 2022
A commercial BBC would fail British audiences, its boss says
LONDON (Reuters) - A BBC funded purely by commercial means would fail to serve a universal British audience in the way it does now, its boss warned on Tuesday, after the government questioned whether ...
Jan 18, 2022
