Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan to stage Tokyo Olympics without foreign spectators, Kyodo says
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government has decided to stage this summer's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics without overseas spectators due to concern among the Japanese public about COVID-19, Kyodo news a...
Syndicated Content Mar 09, 2021
Thai university warns foreign students they could lose visas over protests
(Reuters) - A Thai university has warned foreign students to steer clear of political rallies or face revocation of their visas and immigration blacklisting amid anti-government protests and local dem...
Syndicated Content Mar 09, 2021
Patriarchal Albania offers little compassion for same-sex relationships
TIRANA (Reuters) - Sara, a 26-year-old woman from Tirana, is reluctant to talk about her love life with friends and family as they cannot understand her attraction to people of the same sex. Like othe...
Syndicated Content Mar 09, 2021
Lebanon’s collapse piles strain on army, security forces
By Ellen Francis and Issam Abdallah BEIRUT (Reuters) - Discontent is brewing in the ranks of Lebanon's security forces over a currency crash wiping out most of the value of their salaries as unrest an...
Syndicated Content Mar 09, 2021
Norway suspends Rolls-Royce asset sale on security grounds
By Terje Solsvik and Kate Holton OSLO/LONDON (Reuters) - Norway has suspended a planned asset sale by engine maker Rolls-Royce to a Russian-controlled company as it assesses the security implications ...
Syndicated Content Mar 09, 2021
Britain will do ‘right thing’ for City of London, says minister
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - A refusal by the European Union to grant access for the City of London would be taken into account when "doing the right thing" for financial services after Brexit, a B...
Syndicated Content Mar 09, 2021
Ireland expects first J&J COVID-19 vaccine by mid-April
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland expects to receive its first doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from mid-April and not early April as initially planned, the head of the country's health servic...
Syndicated Content Mar 09, 2021
Rolls-Royce pauses Bergen sale after Norwegian intervention
LONDON (Reuters) - British engine maker Rolls-Royce said on Tuesday it had paused the planned sale of its Bergen Engines to a company controlled by Russia's TMH Group after Norway intervened. Norway's...
Syndicated Content Mar 09, 2021
Minneapolis judge hopes to start jury selection in trial over George Floyd death
By Jonathan Allen MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A Minneapolis judge planned to begin screening jurors on Tuesday in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former policeman facing criminal charges for his role in t...
Syndicated Content Mar 09, 2021
Germany is main target of Russian disinformation, EU says
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Germany is the top target of Russian disinformation campaigns in the European Union, a report said on Tuesday, as ties between Moscow and the West hit new lo...
Syndicated Content Mar 09, 2021





