Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Capital injection: Slovakia offers cash to over-60s to get COVID shots
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovakia is to give cash handouts to people over 60 who get vaccinated against the coronavirus or have their booster shot, aiming to spur inoculation rates lagging others in the Eur...
Dec 09, 2021
Germany must build fiscal reserves for next crisis – Scholz
By Christian Kraemer and Michael Nienaber BERLIN (Reuters) - Fighting the coronavirus pandemic is the biggest challenge for Germany's new government and Berlin must create fiscal reserves now to be pr...
Dec 09, 2021
Texas says 8 power generators violate winter readiness rules
(Reuters) - The Public Utility Commission (PUC) of Texas said eight power generating companies failed to file winter readiness reports by the Dec. 1 deadline, violating rules adopted to avoid blackout...
Dec 09, 2021
Armenia says Azerbaijan intensively shelling its military positions in one region – TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Armenia's Defence Ministry said on Thursday that Azerbaijan had begun intensively shelling its military positions in Armenia's Gegharkunik province, the TASS news agency reported. A...
Dec 09, 2021
Russia accuses Ukraine of mobilising artillery, feigning negotiations
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia accused Ukraine on Thursday of moving heavy artillery towards the front line of fighting with pro-Russian separatists and failing to engage in a peace process, in a new escal...
Dec 09, 2021
S.Africa energy minister defends Shell’s planned seismic blasting on Wild Coast
By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's energy minister defended on Thursday Royal Dutch Shell's plans for seismic oil exploration along a pristine coastal stretch, saying critics of the ...
Dec 09, 2021
Three Turkish soldiers killed in operations in Iraq -ministry
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Three Turkish soldiers were killed in an attack by Kurdish militants during cross-border operations in northern Iraq on Thursday, the Turkish Defence Ministry said, adding six of ...
Dec 09, 2021
Before fatal crash, Indian defence chief’s chopper ‘flew low though fog’
By Sudarshan Varadhan COONOOR, India (Reuters) - The helicopter carrying India's defence chief seemed to be flying unusually low before it ploughed into a hillside in heavy fog and went up in flames, ...
Dec 09, 2021
Volkswagen ramps up e-mobility spending to $59 billion by 2026
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen on Thursday said it would ramp up spending for battery-powered electric vehicles by around 50% to 52 billion euros ($59 billion) by 2026 as part of the group's far-rea...
Dec 09, 2021
U.S. weekly jobless claims drop to lowest level since 1969
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits dropped to the lowest level in more than 52 years last week as labor market conditions continued to tighten a...
Dec 09, 2021
