Author Archives: Syndicated Content
North Cyprus says reopening beach abandoned since 1974 conflict
ANKARA (Reuters) - Northern Cyprus said on Thursday it will reopen the beach area of the abandoned town of Varosha, in an announcement that is likely to stoke tensions with Greek Cypriots and conjures...
Oct 06, 2020
Demare wins stage four of Giro, Sagan second again
(Reuters) - Frenchman Arnaud Demare edged out Peter Sagan in a bunch sprint to claim victory in the fourth stage of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday, the final stage in Sicily. The last 30 kilometres of t...
Oct 06, 2020
Navalny’s blood showed traces of nerve agent Novichok, OPCW says
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Blood samples taken from Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny confirmed the presence of a nerve agent in the banned Novichok family, the global chemical weapons watchdog said on Tuesday...
Oct 06, 2020
UK will consider what action to take on Russia in Navalny case: Raab
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will consider what further action to take on Russia over the case of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who fell ill after German doctors said he was poisoned by nerve agent Nov...
Oct 06, 2020
SURE thing: EU jobs scheme funding a template for heftier recovery fund issuance
By Yoruk Bahceli and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) - Debt sales to fund Europe's pandemic-linked unemployment scheme kick off later this month, a test run for groundbreaking plans to transform the...
Oct 06, 2020
Lawmaker says missing North Korean diplomat has settled in South Korea
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - A former senior North Korean diplomat who disappeared from his country's embassy in Italy in 2018 has settled in South Korea, a lawmaker in Seoul said on Tuesday. Jo So...
Oct 06, 2020
Biogen, gene-editing startup Scribe to develop therapies for Lou Gehrig’s disease
(Reuters) - U.S. drugmaker Biogen Inc and gene-editing startup Scribe Therapeutics Inc will jointly develop therapies for treating underlying genetic causes of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a f...
Oct 06, 2020
Airlines warn of more bankruptcies as wage support ends
By Laurence Frost PARIS (Reuters) - Global airlines warned on Tuesday that the coronavirus-stricken industry was on course to burn through another $77 billion in cash in the second half of 2020, calli...
Oct 06, 2020
Britain expects U.S. to follow with Belarus sanctions, says Raab
LONDON (Reuters) - British foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Tuesday he expected the United States to follow suit with sanctions on Belarus after Britain and Canada imposed travel bans and asset f...
Oct 06, 2020
Italian held at Rome airport with endangered peregrine falcons
ROME (Reuters) - An Italian citizen was stopped by police at Rome airport and reported to magistrates for trying to enter the country with two endangered southern Asian peregrine falcons worth hundred...
Oct 06, 2020
