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Explainer-What is on (and off) the agenda of the WHO Assembly?
Date: May 20, 2022
By Emma Farge and Jennifer Rigby GENEVA (Reuters) – More than 100 world health ministers will meet in Geneva next week for the World Health Organization’s first in-person assembly in three years as the U.N. agency seeks to define its future role in global health policy. The agenda of the World Health Assembly (WHA) is...
Deloitte Middle East Technology FAST 50 results announced
Date: May 19, 2022
Deloitte Middle East has released the results of the first edition of the Middle East Technology Fast 50, the list of fastest growing technology companies in Middle East and Cyprus. The program recognizes the fastest-growing technology companies in the region based on revenue growth over the last four years. The list includes tech companies from across...
Spiralling costs could take Greek graviera cheese off the menu
Date: May 19, 2022
By Karolina Tagaris and Vassilis Triandafyllou NAXOS, Greece (Reuters) – In a small factory on the Greek island of Naxos, workers are busy churning out its famous graviera cheese. At least, they are for now. A crisis unfolding on the island’s farms is sparking fears that the locally-produced pale yellow wheels may soon start to...
More Russian oil going east squeezes Iranian crude sales to China
Date: May 19, 2022
By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, Florence Tan and Chen Aizhu LONDON (Reuters) -Iran’s crude exports to China have fallen sharply since the start of the Ukraine war as Beijing favoured heavily discounted Russian barrels, leaving almost 40 million barrels of Iranian oil stored on tankers at sea in Asia and seeking buyers. U.S. and European sanctions imposed...
Twitter to tackle Ukraine conflict misinformation with warning labels
Date: May 19, 2022
By Sheila Dang and Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) – Twitter Inc will begin placing warning notices in front of some misleading content regarding the conflict in Ukraine and limit the spread of claims debunked by humanitarian groups or other credible sources, the social media company said on Thursday. The step-up against misinformation around Russia’s invasion of...
Sri Lanka fuel shortage set to ease; police clash with protesters
Date: May 19, 2022
By Uditha Jayasinghe and Devjyot Ghoshal COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka’s central bank has secured foreign exchange to pay for fuel and cooking gas shipments that will ease crippling shortages, its governor said on Thursday, but police fired tear gas and water canon to push back student protesters. Most of Sri Lanka’s petrol stations have run...