Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Libyan families file U.S. lawsuit accusing LNA leader Haftar of war crimes
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Libyan families filed a civil lawsuit in a U.S. federal court late on Thursday accusing Khalifa Haftar, commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), of war ...
Sep 04, 2020
Bahrain to allow entry to people from neighbouring Gulf countries, visa holders
CAIRO (Reuters) - Bahrain will now allow residents from neighbouring Gulf countries as well as holders of electronic visas and those eligible for visas on arrival, its airport authority said on Friday...
Sep 04, 2020
Factbox: The masks of Naomi Osaka at the U.S. Open
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former champion Naomi Osaka is wearing a different facemask for each of her matches at the U.S. Open this year. They each carry the name of a Black American and aim to highlight r...
Sep 04, 2020
Netanyahu says Kosovo to open Israel embassy in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that Kosovo has agreed to open its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem, making it the first country with a Muslim majority to ...
Sep 04, 2020
Britain names former Australian PM Abbott as trade adviser
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain named former Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, as a trade adviser on Friday, rejecting complaints from critics that his conservative views about women and gay people m...
Sep 04, 2020
Paris gourmet grocer Fauchon faces COVID crunch from lack of tourists
By Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) - Since its start as a grocery pushcart, the Fauchon delicatessen has been on the same spot in central Paris for 134 years where it was buffeted by two World Wars, c...
Sep 04, 2020
Spain close to half a million coronavirus cases
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain came close to clocking half a million coronavirus cases on Friday after authorities registered 4,503 new infections, bringing the total to 498,989 - the most in Western Europe...
Sep 04, 2020
Colombia orders Google to comply with data protection rules
By Julia Symmes Cobb BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian regulators on Friday ordered Alphabet Inc's Google to clearly ask each user whether the world's largest search engine can use their personal data whic...
Sep 04, 2020
WHO chief scientist: ‘We should see vaccine rollout by mid-2021’
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization is hopeful that a novel coronavirus vaccine will be ready internationally by mid-2021, its chief scientist said on Friday. "Certainly by the middle of ...
Sep 04, 2020
Russia records more than 10,000 deaths linked to coronavirus in July – stats agency
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia registered 10,079 deaths linked to suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19, data from the state statistics service Rosstat showed on Friday. The virus had been the main caus...
Sep 04, 2020
