Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Let me die in dignity: terminally ill man’s plea to French leader
By Ardee Napolitano DIJON, France (Reuters) - In exactly two weeks, Alain Cocq says he will begin his own slow and agonising death by refusing the round-the-clock medical care that is keeping him aliv...
Syndicated Content Aug 21, 2020
Kenyan all-female conservation ranger unit patrols amid COVID-19
By Njeri Mwangi NAIROBI (Reuters) - Purity Amleset Lakara has spent the year capturing armed poachers, running from an aggressive buffalo, and relaxing around a campfire reading "A Day Before my Weddi...
Syndicated Content Aug 21, 2020
Exclusive: EU’s Michel raises the fate of Navalny in call with Russia’s Putin – official
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Council President Charles Michel expressed concern about Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is fighting for his life after a suspected po...
Syndicated Content Aug 21, 2020
Philippines reports 4,786 more coronavirus infections, 59 deaths
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines on Friday recorded 4,786 new coronavirus infections, taking its total confirmed cases to 182,365 since the pandemic began, the highest in Southeast Asia. In a bullet...
Syndicated Content Aug 21, 2020
Firestorms kindled by lightning displace tens of thousands in California
By Stephen Lam BOULDER CREEK, Calif. (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of displaced Californians huddled under mass evacuation orders in the midst of a heat wave and a pandemic on Friday as lightning-spar...
Syndicated Content Aug 21, 2020
Doctors strike in Nairobi over pay, lack of COVID protection
By George Obulutsa and Baz Ratner NAIROBI (Reuters) - Doctors in most public hospitals in Kenya's capital went on strike on Friday to protest against delayed salaries and a lack of protective equipmen...
Syndicated Content Aug 21, 2020
Japan ship deviated from shipping lane before Mauritius impact, data shows
By Aaron Sheldrick TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese-owned bulk carrier that ran aground off Mauritius and spilled oil over pristine waters and fragile coral reefs diverted more than 100 kilometres from ...
Syndicated Content Aug 21, 2020
British Airways increasingly likely to face strike action: union
LONDON (Reuters) - British Airways is increasingly likely to face strike action this autumn, as the trade union representing cabin crew said that new contracts offered to the airline's remaining staff...
Syndicated Content Aug 21, 2020
Poland reports new record in coronavirus new daily cases
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland reported 903 new coronavirus cases on Friday, according to the Health Ministry's Twitter account, the highest daily increase since the pandemic outbreak. Poland has reported ...
Syndicated Content Aug 21, 2020
UK firms see sharp August upturn but job cuts mount, PMI shows
By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - The recovery among British businesses from the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic quickened again in August, but snowballing job cuts sent an ominous signal for the months...
Syndicated Content Aug 21, 2020




