Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Global airlines say nations over-reacted to Omicron variant
PARIS (Reuters) - The head of global airlines body IATA criticised governments for worsening the Omicron scare through snap border measures or "rip-off" testing regimes and urged politicians to let tr...
Dec 08, 2021
Rouble firms as Biden-Putin talks soothe nerves
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian rouble firmed past 74 to the dollar on Wednesday, supported by the central bank's intention to raise rates and an increase in market risk appetite after a much-anticipat...
Dec 08, 2021
Coral reefs off east Africa could die out in 50 years – study
By Kanupriya Kapoor SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Coral reefs in the western Indian Ocean are at risk of extinction by 2070 due to warming temperatures and overfishing, according to a new study. A roughly 12,...
Dec 08, 2021
IMF warns Bosnian Serb separatists against dismantling tax regime
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday warned Bosnia's autonomous Serb Republic against dismantling the state tax authority, saying that such a move would cut off a ke...
Dec 08, 2021
Fox News Christmas tree in New York City set ablaze, man arrested
(Reuters) - A man was arrested early on Wednesday on suspicion that he had set on fire a 50-foot-tall Christmas tree outside the Fox News headquarters in midtown Manhattan, the New York Police Departm...
Dec 08, 2021
Austria allows broad lifting of lockdown, but many provinces hold off
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria will let a wide range of businesses, from non-essential shops to theatres and restaurants, reopen when its COVID-19 lockdown ends on Sunday, the government said on Wednesday...
Dec 08, 2021
Top U.S. diplomat Blinken to visit UK, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Britain for a Group of Seven ministers meeting before visiting Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand from Dec. 9-17, the State D...
Dec 08, 2021
Waymo’s slow-going in Arizona opens up U.S. robotaxi race
By Paresh Dave and Hyunjoo Jin CHANDLER, Ariz. (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Waymo risks losing its lead in the U.S. race to prove robotaxis are a viable business as it sticks to a limited service and ri...
Dec 08, 2021
South Korea’s EcoPro BM to invest in $810 million cathode plant in Hungary
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - South Korea's EcoPro BM plans to build a factory in Hungary to produce cathodes used in electric car batteries, Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in a Facebook video...
Dec 08, 2021
Depression rising among LGBT people in conservative-ruled Poland, survey finds
By Alan Charlish and Felix Hoske WARSAW (Reuters) - The number of Polish LGBT people with depression rose by more than half between 2017 and 2020, according to a new study, amid what campaigners say i...
Dec 08, 2021
