Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Spain’s recovering rural rentals a sign of hope for Airbnb
By Isla Binnie MADRID (Reuters) - During a surreal summer in Spain, Perla Requejo saw so much demand for the Atlantic coastal apartment she had been unable to rent on Airbnb during lockdown that she l...
Dec 08, 2020
A year on, markets bustling in Chinese city where COVID-19 emerged
By Cate Cadell WUHAN (Reuters) - Hundreds of shoppers pack a wet market on a December weekday morning in the Chinese city of Wuhan, jostling to buy fresh vegetables and live fish, frogs and turtles. A...
Dec 08, 2020
Turkey orders detention of 304 military personnel over suspected Gulen links: Anadolu
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey has ordered the detention of 304 military personnel in an operation targeting supporters of the Muslim preacher that Ankara says was behind a failed coup in 2016, state-own...
Dec 08, 2020
Explainer: What hardline Islamic cleric Rizieq Shihab’s return means for Indonesian politics
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Six supporters of Indonesian Islamic cleric Rizieq Shihab were killed in a shootout on Monday, police said, raising worries the clash could reignite tensions between authorities an...
Dec 08, 2020
Analysis: Second COVID-19 wave tests Turkey’s commitment to austerity, higher rates
By Berna Suleymanoglu, Orhan Coskun and Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A surge in COVID-19 infections and the prospect of another economic downturn could sorely test Turkish President Tayyip Erdoga...
Dec 08, 2020
Big carbon? Oil majors turn to nature to help plug revenue gap
By Shadia Nasralla LONDON (Reuters) - Oil companies such as BP and Shell are nurturing nature as a future revenue stream, betting on an expected rise in carbon credit prices as their fossil fuel profi...
Dec 08, 2020
Australia’s western state removes quarantine requirements for more travellers
By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's western state began on Tuesday to allow travellers from Victoria and New South Wales (NSW) to enter without having to quarantine for the first time in e...
Dec 08, 2020
China removes TripAdvisor, 104 other apps from stores under cleansing campaign
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China has removed 105 apps including that of U.S. travel firm TripAdvisor Inc from app stores in the country, under a new campaign to cleanse stores of apps it deems spread conte...
Dec 07, 2020
Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 14,054: RKI
BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 14,054 to 1,197,709, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Tuesday. The repor...
Dec 07, 2020
India investigates if organochlorines behind unknown illness
By Jatindra Dash BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) - Indian authorities are investigating if organochlorines used as pesticides or in mosquito control caused the death of one person and hospitalisation of ...
Dec 07, 2020
