Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.N. chief urges Yemen’s Houthis to grant access to decaying oil tanker
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Yemen's Houthi group to allow an assessment team to travel to a decaying oil tanker that is threatening to spill 1.1 million barrels ...
Aug 14, 2020
Rockets land near Baghdad airport after week of anti-U.S. attacks
GENEVA, Switzerland (Reuters) - Three rockets landed in the vicinity of Baghdad airport near a military base in the complex that houses U.S. forces, the Iraqi military said, after one of the busiest w...
Aug 14, 2020
State of collapse: Can Lebanon’s troubled leadership save the country?
By Samia Nakhoul and Ghaida Ghantous BEIRUT (Reuters) - Beirut's seismic explosion propelled the scarred Lebanese capital 30 years back in time with a violence scarcely imaginable even to a country th...
Aug 14, 2020
Can U.S. retail sector’s ‘V-shaped’ rebound jump the fiscal cliff?
By Howard Schneider (Reuters) - Even with nearly a fifth of the labor force collecting unemployment benefits in July, Americans continued spending with relative gusto, driving retail sales back to pre...
Aug 14, 2020
Argentina sticks with COVID-19 lockdown focused in and around Buenos Aires
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina extended until Aug. 30 restrictions taken against the coronavirus, President Alberto Fernandez said on Friday, affirming that the country's lockdown would continue i...
Aug 14, 2020
School bus drivers lead protest to safely reopen Los Angeles schools
By Omar Younis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - School bus drivers from the second largest school district in the United States led a noisy protest caravan through downtown Los Angeles on Thursday, demanding f...
Aug 14, 2020
White House officials seek momentum with other countries after Israel-UAE deal
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior White House officials on Friday sought to use the momentum from a historic deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates to appeal to more Arab and Mu...
Aug 14, 2020
Halep finds groove to reach Prague semi-finals
(Reuters) - Simona Halep said she was slowly returning to her best form following the COVID-19 hiatus as she cruised past Poland's Magdalena Frech 6-2 6-0 on Friday to reach the Prague Open semi-final...
Aug 14, 2020
Germany to tests arrivals from Spain for coronavirus, says Spanish foreign minister
MADRID (Reuters) - Germany has decided to impose antigen PCR tests for arrivals from Spain, apart from the Canary Islands, due to a coronavirus surge, Spain's Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez-Laya to...
Aug 14, 2020
Exclusive: China ramps up U.S. oil purchases ahead of trade deal review – sources
By Devika Krishna Kumar and Chen Aizhu NEW YORK/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil shipments to China will rise sharply in coming weeks, U.S. traders and shipbrokers and Chinese importers said, as t...
Aug 14, 2020
