Author Archives: Syndicated Content
New finance minister, opposition lawmakers in Kuwait’s cabinet
By Ahmed Hagagy KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait formed a new cabinet on Tuesday with a new finance minister and including three opposition lawmakers following a standoff between previous governments and the...
Dec 28, 2021
Factbox-Memorial: Moscow shuts down chronicler of Soviet-era crimes
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Supreme Court ordered the country's best-known human rights group on Tuesday to be liquidated for breaking a law requiring groups to register as foreign agents, capping a y...
Dec 28, 2021
Turkey detains 16 accused of links to Islamic State after bookshop clash
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish police detained 16 people accused of links to Islamic State on Tuesday after protesters used sticks and stones against security forces trying to shut down an unlicensed reli...
Dec 28, 2021
Israel’s SavorEat launches personalised plant-based 3D printed burgers
By Steven Scheer HERZLIYA, Israel (Reuters) - Israeli foodtech firm SavorEat on Tuesday launched a plant-based burger system personalized to each customer, one of the first companies to use 3D printin...
Dec 28, 2021
Omicron estimated to be 58.6% of coronavirus variants in U.S.- CDC
(Reuters) - The Omicron variant was estimated to be 58.6% of the coronavirus variants circulating in the United States for the week ending Dec. 25, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease ...
Dec 28, 2021
Colombia captures five people over airport bombing
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's police captured five people during raids in the Andean country's second city Medellin and surrounding areas in connection with a bombing earlier this month at an airport ...
Dec 28, 2021
Bangladesh starts vaccine booster shot drive to ward off Omicron
DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh began administering coronavirus vaccine booster shots on Tuesday as the South Asian country tries to fend off the highly contagious Omicron variant. The country detected t...
Dec 28, 2021
U.S. helps Ukraine to strengthen its border with Russia, Belarus
KYIV (Reuters) - The United States will finance projects including surveillance and monitoring equipment to strengthen Ukraine's borders with Russia and Belarus, amid continuing escalation with Moscow...
Dec 28, 2021
Explainer-The Libor era nears its end
By John McCrank and Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) - Libor, or the London Interbank Offered Rate, will no longer be used for new derivatives and loans as of Jan. 1. The benchmark and reference rate...
Dec 28, 2021
Soccer-Barcelona’s Alba tests positive for COVID-19
(Reuters) - Barcelona left back Jordi Alba is set to miss Sunday's league trip to Real Mallorca after testing positive for COVID-19, the LaLiga club said on Tuesday. The 32-year-old is the third Barca...
Dec 28, 2021
