Author Archives: Syndicated Content
India’s commerce minister faces heat for criticism of businesses including Tata
By Abhirup Roy and Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's commerce minister faced heat on social media on Saturday for his remarks that many big domestic businesses had overlooked national interes...
Aug 14, 2021
Nobody running Lebanon, says central bank boss
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's central bank governor said nobody was running the country as he defended his decision to halt fuel subsidies that have drained currency reserves, saying the government cou...
Aug 14, 2021
Egypt gets new AstraZeneca vaccine batch via COVAX
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt received a new batch of about 1.7 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses through the global COVAX initiative, the health ministry said late on Friday. The new shipment, the...
Aug 14, 2021
Russia’s daily COVID-19 deaths hit new record
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia reported a new record of 819 daily COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, bringing the total during the pandemic to 169,683. The Russian coronavirus task force also said it had confirm...
Aug 14, 2021
Philippine health ministry says no corruption in $1.3 billion pandemic funds
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine health minister, facing questions over more than $1 billion in COVID-19 spending, denied on Saturday that any money was "stolen", as his department vowed to account f...
Aug 14, 2021
China tightens scrutiny over IPO price-setting, punishes 19 institutions
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's securities regulators punished 19 institutional investors as authorities tighten scrutiny over price-setting behaviours under a more liberalised listing system. China laun...
Aug 14, 2021
Zambia’s opposition leader Hichilema takes early presidential election lead
LUSAKA (Reuters) -Zambia's opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema took an early lead in the country's presidential election over incumbent Edgar Lungu, according to the first results from the electoral ...
Aug 14, 2021
Athletics-‘Tragic’ if British relay team mates lose Olympic silver over Ujah’s doping test: BOA chief
(Reuters) - The British Olympic Association's Chairman Hugh Robertson said it would be "tragic" if other members of the country's Olympic 4x100m relay team were stripped of their silver medals over Ch...
Aug 14, 2021
U.S. troops arrive in Afghan capital to assist evacuations
KABUL (Reuters) - American troops have flown into Kabul to help evacuate embassy personnel and other civilians in the Afghan capital, a U.S. official said on Saturday, a day after Taliban insurgents s...
Aug 14, 2021
Analysis-As Taliban advances, China lays groundwork to accept an awkward reality
By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) - A series of photos published last month by Chinese state media of Foreign Minister Wang Yi standing shoulder to shoulder with visiting Taliban official decked out i...
Aug 14, 2021
