Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pope, for first time, says China’s Uighurs are ‘persecuted’
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - In a new book, Pope Francis for the first time calls China's Muslim Uighurs a "persecuted" people, something human rights activists have been urging him to ...
Nov 23, 2020
NBA players meet Pope Francis to discuss social justice issues
(Reuters) - Five NBA players met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Monday to discuss social justice issues following a season where combating racial inequality was a dominant theme. The players who ...
Nov 23, 2020
Analysis: Tested by taxonomy – EU green finance rules leaky for ships, tight for houses
By Kate Abnett and Simon Jessop BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - Months of EU deliberation to decide which business activities can be marketed as green investments have produced a set of draft standards so...
Nov 23, 2020
Colorado regulators approve tougher rules for new oil and gas wells
By Liz Hampton DENVER (Reuters) - Colorado's oil and gas regulator on Monday approved tougher permitting rules for new oil and gas wells, including requiring a 2,000-foot (610 meter) separation betwee...
Nov 23, 2020
UK aims to inoculate those most at risk from COVID by Easter – PM Johnson
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that he hoped almost all Britons at high risk from COVID would be vaccinated against the disease by Easter. "We should be able to...
Nov 23, 2020
Burkina Faso’s Kabore ahead in early presidential election results
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Incumbent Burkina Faso President Roch Kabore was leading with just 12 of around 360 voting districts declared on Monday, the electoral commission said, a day after a presidenti...
Nov 23, 2020
U.S. to begin distributing Regeneron’s COVID-19 antibody therapy starting Tuesday
(Reuters) - U.S. government will begin distributing Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc's newly authorized COVID-19 antibody combination therapy starting Tuesday, beginning with over 30,000 courses, a healt...
Nov 23, 2020
EU’s Michel invites Biden to ‘rebuild’ trans-Atlantic alliance
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A top European Union official, in a phone call with Joe Biden on Monday, invited the U.S. president-elect to rebuild "a strong trans-Atlantic alliance" and attend a meeting with t...
Nov 23, 2020
Saudi-led coalition in Yemen says Houthi attack on Jeddah petroleum products station targets global energy security: SPA
CAIRO (Reuters) - The spokesman of the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Monday that Iran-aligned Houthis have been implicated in an attack at a fuel tank at a petroleum products distribut...
Nov 23, 2020
Congo warlord sentenced to life for war crimes
By Fiston Mahamba GOMA, Congo (Reuters) - A military court handed a life sentence on Monday to militia commander Ntabo Ntaberi Sheka for war crimes including murder, sexual slavery and child soldier r...
Nov 23, 2020
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