Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Allegiant Air CEO defends new Boeing 737 MAX order
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Allegiant Air executives staged an investor call on Thursday to assuage fears that adding 50 new Boeing Co 737 MAX jets to its fleet of used Airbus jets would undermine the carrier...
Jan 06, 2022
Benin army vehicle strikes land mine as security fears in north grow
DAKAR (Reuters) - A Benin army vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in a national park near the border with Burkina Faso on Thursday, the park's management said, the latest in a series of sec...
Jan 06, 2022
U.S. oil futures show tight supply to stay despite Omicron fears
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - Benchmark U.S. crude futures suggest oil supplies will remain tight early in the new year, even as the Omicron coronavirus variant has raised worries that the p...
Jan 06, 2022
Cruise liner Hurtigruten cuts short Antarctic voyage after COVID outbreak
OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian cruise operator Hurtigruten will cut short a voyage in the Antarctica region following an outbreak of coronavirus, the company said on Thursday. Ten people on board the MS R...
Jan 06, 2022
U.S. special envoy for Horn of Africa to leave post
(Reuters) - U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman will step down from his post after more than nine months in the job, and David Satterfield, the outgoing U.S. ambassador to Turkey...
Jan 06, 2022
New comic book details the life of Ringo Starr
(Reuters) - The life of former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr is being chronicled in a new comic book as part of TidalWave Comics' "Orbit" series that celebrates public figures "who impact the world." Th...
Jan 06, 2022
Turkey logs record daily COVID-19 cases amid Omicron surge
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey recorded 68,413 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the highest daily figure on record, health ministry data showed on Thursday, amid surging infections due to the Omi...
Jan 06, 2022
Tennis-Japan’s Nishikori pulls out of Australian Open due to injury
(Reuters) - Japan's Kei Nishikori has withdrawn from this month's Australian Open Grand Slam because he is still recovering from a hip injury, the 32-year-old said on Thursday. Nishikori, who reached ...
Jan 06, 2022
UK records 179,756 new COVID cases, 231 deaths
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reported 179,756 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday and 231 more deaths within 28 days of a positive test, official data showed. The figures compared to 194,747 cases and 334 de...
Jan 06, 2022
Cambodia PM to visit Myanmar, pressing peace plan
By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has pledged renewed support for a Myanmar peace plan and urged an end to violence ahead of a trip to the country that will inc...
Jan 06, 2022
