Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Factbox: Over 328,000 without power from Hurricane Sally in Alabama, Florida
(Reuters) - Over 328,000 homes and businesses were still without power early Friday in Florida and Alabama after Hurricane Sally smashed into the Gulf Coast early Wednesday, according to local utiliti...
Sep 18, 2020
Belarus opposition offers talks as U.N. hears fears of ‘another iron curtain’
GENEVA (Reuters) - Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya demanded on Friday an international mission to document what she called "atrocities" during crackdowns on anti-government protests...
Sep 18, 2020
Yemeni warring factions hold talks on prisoners release: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) - Yemen's warring parties started on Friday a new meeting on a United Nations-backed prisoner exchange deal, which U.N. Yemen envoy Martin Griffiths said he hoped would result in the ...
Sep 18, 2020
Whole of Iran on coronavirus red alert due to rise in deaths – health official
(Reuters) - A senior Iranian health official has declared a coronavirus red alert covering the entire country as daily deaths and cases increase at an alarming rate, Iranian state TV reported on Frida...
Sep 18, 2020
Thai protesters expect biggest anti-government rally in years
By Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai protest leaders said on Friday they expected the biggest anti-government demonstration in years this weekend and vowed to reiterate their calls for ref...
Sep 18, 2020
Milan judge seizes 2.3 million euros from Novartis in fraud probe
MILAN (Reuters) - A Milan judge has seized 2.3 million euros ($2.7 million) from pharmaceutical multinational Novartis as part of a fraud investigation, a document seen by Reuters shows. The money has...
Sep 18, 2020
Coronavirus surge in Canada checks Trudeau’s green ambitions
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) - A recent surge in COVID-19 cases is forcing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to scale back his plan to outline an ambitious green economic recovery package ne...
Sep 18, 2020
Turkey upset by plan of Libya’s Sarraj to step down, Erdogan says
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Turkey was upset by news that Libya's internationally recognised Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj wants to quit by the end of October. S...
Sep 18, 2020
The foreign policy issues that divide Trump and Biden
By Simon Lewis and Michael Martina (Reuters) - Republican President Donald Trump won election in 2016 promising to put "America First," overturn what he said were unfair trade deals and force U.S. all...
Sep 18, 2020
Erdogan says new measures needed as virus makes comeback in Turkey
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday the government needed to ramp up measures to curb a rise in coronavirus cases, which have increased in recent weeks back to early-M...
Sep 18, 2020
