Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pakistan parliament to vote to expel French ambassador after violent anti-France protests
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's government will seek a vote in parliament on Tuesday to expel the French ambassador after violent anti-France protests by Islamists, the interior minister said. The ex...
Apr 20, 2021
World Trade Organization chief says China central to WTO reforms
BOAO, China (Reuters) - China is central to World Trade Organization (WTO) reforms, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said on Tuesday. Ngozi was speaking virtually to the Boao Forum for Asia, C...
Apr 20, 2021
Oscar-nominated ‘Do Not Split’ now part of Hong Kong’s story of waning freedoms – director
By Aleksander Solum HONG KONG (Reuters) - The decision in Hong Kong not to air this year's Oscars has only brought more global attention to its struggle for democracy, said the director of the "Do Not...
Apr 20, 2021
India reports daily rise in COVID-19 cases of 259,170
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's daily COVID-19 cases retreated from record levels on Tuesday, but stayed above the 200,000 mark for a sixth straight day, with cases increasing by 259,170 over the last 2...
Apr 20, 2021
ASEAN calls summit on Myanmar crisis as EU imposes sanctions
(Reuters) - Southeast Asian countries will discuss the crisis in Myanmar at a summit in Jakarta on Saturday, the ASEAN bloc's secretariat said on Tuesday, after the European Union imposed its toughest...
Apr 20, 2021
Japan’s Subaru to suspend production in Indiana on chip shortage
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese automaker Subaru Corp said on Tuesday that it was suspending production at its plant in Indiana through the end of April due to a global shortage of semiconductors. Automake...
Apr 20, 2021
U.S. ambassador to Russia will return home briefly: Axios
(Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Russia, John Sullivan, will be returning to the United States this week before returning to Moscow "in the coming weeks", Axios reported late Monday, citing a statem...
Apr 20, 2021
Austria to funnel 651,000 COVID vaccine doses to Western Balkans from EU
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria said on Tuesday it plans to funnel 651,000 doses of BioNTech and Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine to six countries of the Western Balkans by August as part of a European Union s...
Apr 20, 2021
U.S. State Department says COVID-19 vaccines shipped for all overseas workforce
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has delivered COVID-19 vaccines to all of its eligible workforce deployed abroad as of Sunday and is expecting its entire workforce to...
Apr 20, 2021
Gabba to be centrepiece of 2032 Games if Brisbane bid successful
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The Gabba stadium is slated for a A$1 billion ($777 million) rebuild before hosting the opening and closing ceremonies as part of Brisbane's bid for the 2032 Olympics, officials ...
Apr 19, 2021
