Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Payments firm Klarna’s Jan-Sep losses grow on soured credits
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Losses for Swedish payments firm Klarna deepened in the year to the end of September, while transactions using its platform jumped in the final three months of the period, result...
Nov 26, 2021
Life under siege: residents fear new surge of war in rebel-held east Ukraine
By Alexander Ermochenko HORLIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) - For seven years Lidia Lenko has put up with stray bullets flying through her kitchen window and shrapnel bursts that left jagged pockmarks in the ...
Nov 26, 2021
Oil gushing from Nigerian wellhead blasts hopes of those living nearby
By Tife Owolabi NEMBE, Nigeria (Reuters) - Three weeks after the Santa Barbara wellhead failed, it is still blasting water, gas and oil across Nembe in Nigeria's Delta, littering the shoreline and wat...
Nov 26, 2021
U.S. and others say they are concerned about future violence in Myanmar
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday issued a joint statement along with Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, South Korea and Britain expressing concern about the possibility of futur...
Nov 26, 2021
In muddle of Merkel exit, COVID’s fourth wave catches Germany out
By Ludwig Burger and Joseph Nasr FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) - For once, proverbially efficient Germany has dropped the ball. Seemingly endless queues all over the country for coronavirus booster shots...
Nov 26, 2021
Romania to feature World War I female officer on banknote
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's central bank unveiled a new banknote on Friday celebrating World War I lieutenant Ecaterina Teodoroiu, the first named woman to be depicted on Romanian money. The new 2...
Nov 26, 2021
Jordanians protest against water-for-energy deal with Israel
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Muath Freij AMMAN (Reuters) - Several thousand Jordanians protested on Friday against a water-for-energy deal with Israel and the United Emirates, calling on their governmen...
Nov 26, 2021
Canada tells citizens to leave Ethiopia at once because of conflict
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly on Friday urged citizens to leave Ethiopia immediately, saying Canada was very worried by the "rapidly deteriorating security situation". In a...
Nov 26, 2021
U.N. tourism body chief calls for swift, uniform decisions on COVID travel curbs
By Corina Pons MADRID (Reuters) - Countries need to decide swiftly on applying travel restrictions linked to the new B.1.1.529 variant of COVID-19 and make such rules uniform, the head of the Madrid-b...
Nov 26, 2021
Wary Portuguese welcome return of restrictions amid COVID-19 surge
By Miguel Pereira and Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - Many Portuguese are welcoming the return of some COVID-19 restrictions announced by the government on Thursday night amid a surge in infections...
Nov 26, 2021
