Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Bahrain appoints first ambassador to Damascus in a decade
DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain appointed its first ambassador to Damascus on Thursday since it downgraded ties early in the conflict in Syria. The appointment of Waheed Mubarak Sayyar, reported by Bahrain'...
Dec 30, 2021
Goa’s beaches packed with domestic tourists as India tightens COVID rules
By Sunil Kataria CALANGUTE, India (Reuters) - Thousands of Indian tourists have thronged the beaches, pubs and nightclubs of Goa to see in the New Year, even as the government imposed tougher restrict...
Dec 30, 2021
Portugal cuts COVID-19 isolation from 10 days to seven
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal on Thursday cut the mandatory isolation period for people who test positive for COVID-19 but are asymptomatic from 10 days to seven, even as new infections hit record highs...
Dec 30, 2021
Royal Caribbean bookings take a hit as Omicron fears worsen
(Reuters) - Royal Caribbean Group said on Thursday it was grappling with a drop in bookings and a rise in cancellations as COVID-19 cases surge in the United States, driven by the Omicron variant. Sti...
Dec 30, 2021
More than 50,000 Finnish industrial workers threaten to strike over wage dispute
By Essi Lehto HELSINKI (Reuters) - More than 50,000 Finnish industrial workers plan to go on strike in January in a wage dispute, potentially shutting down plants in mining, metals and technology, thr...
Dec 30, 2021
Cricket-Australia’s Smith gets stuck in lift, survives ordeal with M&M’s
(Reuters) - Australia batsman Steve Smith has had plenty of ups and downs in his career which probably prepared him for when his evening plans were ruined on Thursday after being trapped in an elevato...
Dec 30, 2021
Germany to pull the plug on three of its last six nuclear plants
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will pull the plug on three of its last six nuclear power stations on Friday, another step towards completing its withdrawal from nuclear power as it turns its focus to rene...
Dec 30, 2021
Soccer-Wright attacks ‘disrespect’ of Africa Cup of Nations
(Reuters) - Former England and Arsenal striker Ian Wright says that media coverage of Europe-based players travelling to the Africa Cup of Nations is "disrespectful" and "tinged with racism". Wright, ...
Dec 30, 2021
Portugal’s Social Democrats narrow gap on PM’s party before election
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's opposition Social Democrats narrowed the gap behind Prime Minister Antonio Costa's Socialist Party in an opinion poll released on Thursday, a month before a snap parliame...
Dec 30, 2021
Russia braces for Omicron-led COVID wave early next year -sources
By Polina Nikolskaya and Anton Zverev MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is bracing itself for another COVID-19 wave early next year, sparked largely by the spread of the highly contagious Omicron strain that ...
Dec 30, 2021
