Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Frozen potatoes vs turkey: Patriotic Chinese-made war epic tops global box office
By Sophie Yu and Tony Munroe BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese-made Korean War epic has topped the global box office, tapping a vein of rising patriotism in China and prompting moviegoers to post videos o...
Oct 19, 2021
Factbox – COP26 in Glasgow: Who is going and who is not?
(Reuters) - Several prominent figures, including leaders of the two most populated countries in the world, are in doubt to attend the Oct. 31-Nov. 12 U.N. COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in person. He...
Oct 19, 2021
India delays COVID-19 vaccine supplies to WHO-backed COVAX, sources say
By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has delayed committing supplies of vaccine to the COVAX global sharing platform, two sources told Reuters on Tuesday, a day after one of its key backers, ...
Oct 19, 2021
Bangladesh arrests hundreds for violence against Hindus
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Bangladeshi police said on Tuesday that 450 people had been arrested in the Muslim-majority nation after attacks against Hindus in some of the worst such unrest for over a decade...
Oct 19, 2021
Spanish poison survivors occupy El Prado, threaten suicide
MADRID (Reuters) - A group of survivors of a mass canola oil poisoning 40 years ago said on Tuesday they had occupied Madrid's El Prado museum and would commit suicide within hours if the government d...
Oct 19, 2021
Pension, health costs to dwarf COVID debt legacy in long term -OECD
PARIS (Reuters) - The costs of repaying debt raised to help households and businesses through the COVID-19 crisis will be dwarfed by those from long-term trends like funding pensions and health servic...
Oct 19, 2021
Lebanese parliament confirms election date as March 27
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's parliament on Tuesday voted to hold legislative elections on March 27, parliamentary sources told Reuters. The earlier than usual date - elections were originally expected...
Oct 19, 2021
Britain strikes green investment partnership with Bill Gates
LONDON (Reuters) -Bill Gates is working with the British government to invest and bring down the cost of new greener technologies to help countries hit net-zero emission targets by 2050. Speaking at a...
Oct 19, 2021
World top LNG exporter Qatar forms ministry of environment and climate change
DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar, the world's top exporter of liquefied natural gas, has created a new ministry for the environment and climate change under a government reshuffle announced on Tuesday by the em...
Oct 19, 2021
Poland almost doubles troop numbers on Belarus border
WARSAW (Reuters) - Almost 6,000 Polish soldiers are now guarding the country's border with Belarus in stepped up security measures in the face of a surge in migration, the defence minister said on Tue...
Oct 19, 2021
