Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Thai court grants bail to two protest leaders in jail for royal insults
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A court in Thailand on Tuesday granted bail to two leaders of anti-government protests who have spent weeks in pre-trial detention on charges of insulting the country's powerful ki...
May 11, 2021
Dozens of migrants land in Malta after sea rescue
VALLETTA (Reuters) - A group of around 70 migrants, all men, landed in Malta on Tuesday after they were rescued in the Mediterranean. The Home Affairs Ministry confirmed that a rescue was carried out ...
May 11, 2021
France to allocate more than 5% of its COVID vaccines to WHO-backed COVAX programme
PARIS (Reuters) - France will allocate more than 5% of its COVID-19 vaccine doses to the COVAX programme backed by the World Health Organisation, by the end of this year, said a French health ministry...
May 11, 2021
Drained by COVID fight, some French ICU nurses strike for better pay
AULNAY-SOUS-BOIS, France (Reuters) - Intensive care medical staff exhausted by the battle against COVID-19 went on strike in some French hospitals on Tuesday to demand better pay and working condition...
May 11, 2021
Putin submits legislation on Russian withdrawal from Open Skies treaty
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday submitted legislation to parliament to formalise a Russian exit from the Open Skies treaty, a pact that allows unarmed surveillance fligh...
May 11, 2021
L Brands to spin off Victoria’s Secret – NYT
(Reuters) - L Brands Inc has decided to spin off lingerie brand Victoria's Secret rather than sell it, with the deal expected to close in August, the New York Times reported https://nyti.ms/2R91NYd on...
May 11, 2021
Ukraine says Russia still has 100,000 troops near its border
KYIV (Reuters) - Russia still has around 100,000 troops deployed near Ukraine's border and in annexed Crimea, the head of Ukraine's state security service (SBU) Ivan Bakanov said on Tuesday. Russia an...
May 11, 2021
Ad campaign critical of Japan’s coronavirus response makes waves
TOKYO (Reuters) - A newspaper ad criticising the Japanese government's response to the nation's fourth pandemic wave was widely shared on social media on Tuesday as public concerns mount over COVID-19...
May 11, 2021
Bulgaria president calls snap election for July 11
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev called a snap parliamentary election on Tuesday for July 11 and appointed Stefan Yanev, his close security and defence adviser, as caretaker prime mi...
May 11, 2021
UK to ban LGBT conversion therapy and provide more support
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will move to ban conversion therapy and provide more support to those in the LGBT community who have undergone the treatment, as part of its post-pandemic government agenda....
May 11, 2021
