Author Archives: Syndicated Content
‘No warnings’: Powerful cyclone exposes Indonesia’s lack of preparedness
By Emanuel Dile Bataona and Agustinus Beo Da Costa LEMBATA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Gregorius Hide, a 70-year-old farmer in the eastern Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara, said the only warning h...
Apr 9, 2021
Column: Britain’s interest rate vulnerability
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England bond buying may actually increase the speed with which future interest rate rises make UK government debt unbearable and is one glimpse into why centra...
Apr 9, 2021
Some Hong Kong lawmakers criticise plans to mask company directors’ data
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Several Hong Kong lawmakers on Friday raised concerns that proposals to restrict public access to information about directors of companies could make it harder for trade unions, ...
Apr 9, 2021
Myanmar junta says expects full government operations soon, amid nationwide strike
(Reuters) - Myanmar's ruling military on Friday said it believed government operations would soon return to normal, as public participation in protests and strikes against the junta was waning. In a t...
Apr 9, 2021
Germany needs nationwide measures to break COVID wave – health minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - German needs to implement nationwide measures to break the current wave of coronavirus infections as quickly as possible, its health minister said on Friday. "We need a lockdown," J...
Apr 9, 2021
Norway prime minister fined by police over virus rules violation
OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian police said on Friday they have fined Prime Minister Erna Solberg for breaking COVID-19 social distancing rules when organising a family gathering to celebrate her birthday....
Apr 9, 2021
Philippines records 401 coronavirus deaths, highest daily increase
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' health ministry on Friday reported 401 new coronavirus deaths, the highest single-day spike in fatalities since the start of the pandemic, and 12,225 additional inf...
Apr 9, 2021
Eyes on next generation as Singapore succession is thrown into question
By Aradhana Aravindan and Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's typically staid politics has been unsettled by an announcement from the chosen successor for prime minister that he was taking hims...
Apr 9, 2021
Russia says Sputnik shot less effective against South Africa variant – Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus shot is less effective against the South African variant but still does better than other vaccines, the lead scientist behind it was cited as saying o...
Apr 9, 2021
‘This is war’: Polish doctors exhausted by non-stop COVID third wave
(Corrects to Friday in first paragraph) WARSAW (Reuters) -Some Polish doctors and nurses are just taking naps between shifts as they fight a third wave of the coronavirus, the health minister said on ...
Apr 9, 2021
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