Author Archives: Syndicated Content
North Cyprus vote pits president v prime minister
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Northern Cyprus voters cast ballots in masks and gloves on Sunday in a presidential election where incumbent Mustafa Akinci and Premier Ersin Tatar were favourites among 11 candid...
Oct 11, 2020
Ireland planning airport COVID-19 testing to enable travel: minister
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland plans to introduce coronavirus testing at airports as part of a possible alternative to quarantine for some arriving passengers, although it is not clear when the capacity w...
Oct 11, 2020
Motor racing: Bottas retires from the Eifel Grand Prix
(Reuters) - Valtteri Bottas's Formula One title chances took a huge hit on Sunday when the Mercedes driver suffered his first retirement of the season in the Eifel Grand Prix at the Nuerburgring. The ...
Oct 11, 2020
Nigeria’s head of police dissolves controversial Special Anti-Robbery Squad
By Alexis Akwagyiram and Abrahim Achirga LAGOS (Reuters) - The head of Nigeria's police dissolved its Special Anti-Robbery Squad with immediate effect on Sunday, a police statement said, prompted by d...
Oct 11, 2020
Head of Israeli Finance Ministry resigns as exodus continues
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The director-general of Israel's Finance Ministry said on Sunday she would step down in the coming weeks, the latest resignation among top economic officials as the country strug...
Oct 11, 2020
Motorcycling: Petrucci braves wet conditions to win French Grand Prix
(Reuters) - Ducati's Danilo Petrucci held his nerve in wet conditions to win the French Grand Prix in Le Mans on Sunday, while Repsol Honda rookie Alex Marquez clinched his first MotoGP podium. The ra...
Oct 11, 2020
ECB’s Lane braces for tougher phase for euro zone economy: WSJ
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The euro zone economy is entering a "tougher" phase as the continuation of the recent rebound will depend on how quickly a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic can be controll...
Oct 11, 2020
Lebanon closes bars, nightclubs to curb coronavirus
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon said on Sunday it will close bars and nightclubs to help contain the COVID-19 outbreak which has killed more than 450 people in a country also reeling from financial crisis ...
Oct 11, 2020
Britain is at a coronavirus tipping point, says deputy chief medical officer
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is at a "tipping point" in the coronavirus crisis and the country must act now to stop history repeating itself, the deputy chief medical officer for England said on Sunday,...
Oct 11, 2020
Iraqi militias agree ‘conditional ceasefire’ to halt U.S. attacks: spokesman
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An array of Iran-backed Iraqi militia groups have agreed to suspend rocket attacks on U.S. forces on condition that Iraq's government presents a timetable for a withdrawal of Ameri...
Oct 11, 2020
