Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Haitians scramble to rescue survivors from ruins of major quake
By Andre Paultre PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haitians labored overnight to pick through shattered buildings in search of friends and relatives trapped in the rubble after a devastating earthquake struc...
Aug 15, 2021
Malaysia PM Muhyiddin to resign on Monday – report
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will resign on Monday, news portal MalaysiaKini reported, citing a cabinet minister. Muhyiddin will submit his resignation to King A...
Aug 15, 2021
S.Korea sets up checkpoints, ‘bus walls’ to block protests amid COVID-19 concerns
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean police mobilised hundreds of buses and set up dozens of checkpoints on Sunday to fend off political rallies in the capital Seoul, as some groups pushed a...
Aug 15, 2021
Taliban surge exposes failure of U.S. efforts to build Afghan army
By Jonathan Landay and Idrees Ali KABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The rout of Afghan forces as Taliban fighters take one provincial city after another provides a stark answer to anyone wondering about th...
Aug 15, 2021
The Taliban’s rapid advance across Afghanistan
(Reuters) - Taliban insurgents now control all of Afghanistan's major cities apart from Kabul, after making rapid advances against local forces who are largely fending for themselves as foreign troops...
Aug 15, 2021
For Haitians, quake reawakens trauma of disaster a decade ago
By Andre Paultre and Kate Chappell PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - When Lydie Jean-Baptiste saw her neighbors running from their homes on Saturday and felt the ground begin to shake beneath her feet, the 6...
Aug 15, 2021
India’s Modi says $1.35 trillion infrastructure plan to be unveiled soon
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will launch a 100 trillion rupee ($1.35 trillion) national infrastructure plan that will help generate jobs and boost the economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sund...
Aug 15, 2021
Uzbekistan says it detains 84 Afghan servicemen who crossed border
TASHKENT (Reuters) - Uzbekistan has detained 84 Afghan military servicemen who crossed the border on Saturday, the Tashkent government said on Sunday, adding that another group of soldiers had amassed...
Aug 14, 2021
Australia purchases Pfizer vaccines from Poland as COVID-19 infections spike
By Paulina Duran SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia has purchased about 1 million doses of Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine from Poland to add to its inoculation efforts in Sydney and its home state, which on ...
Aug 14, 2021
Japan’s Suga pledges not to wage war again as ministers visit controversial shrine
By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga pledged on Sunday that the country would not wage war again, making the vow on the anniversary of the end of World War Two a...
Aug 14, 2021
