Author Archives: Syndicated Content
France reports another post-lockdown peak in daily COVID-19 cases
PARIS (Reuters) - The French Health Ministry on Saturday reported 3,310 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, setting a new post-lockdown high for the fourth day in a row and taking the c...
Aug 15, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 5,285,546 coronavirus cases
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday reported 5,285,546 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 56,729 cases from its previous count, and said that the nu...
Aug 15, 2020
Trump campaign plans digital ad campaign during Democratic convention
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's re-election campaign will sink millions of dollars into a digital ad campaign next week during the Democratic presidential conventio...
Aug 15, 2020
Israel condemns U.N. decision not to extend Iran arms embargo
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council's decision not to extend an arms embargo on Iran will lead to further Middle East instability, Israel's foreign minister said on Saturday. "The extremis...
Aug 15, 2020
Japanese ship involved in Mauritius oil spill breaks apart
By Omar Mohammed (Reuters) - A Japanese bulk carrier that ran aground on a reef in Mauritius last month threatening a marine ecological disaster around the Indian Ocean island has broken apart, author...
Aug 15, 2020
Ireland says fresh COVID-19 spike ‘deeply concerning’
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland reported 200 new COVID-19 cases arising from multiple clusters across the country on Saturday, the highest daily amount since the beginning of May that the country's chief m...
Aug 15, 2020
U.N. Human Rights team probes spike in tension in Chile`s restive Araucania
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - The Office of the United Nations' High Commissioner for Human Rights confirmed on Saturday that it had sent a fact-finding team to Chile's restive Araucania region where a jailed ...
Aug 15, 2020
MLB: Reds, Pirates games postponed after COVID-19 positive
(Reuters) - Major League Baseball (MLB) postponed a Saturday and a Sunday game between the Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates after a Reds player tested positive for COVID-19. The two games - whic...
Aug 15, 2020
Halep sets up final date with Mertens at Prague Open
(Reuters) - Romanian top seed Simona Halep beat compatriot Irina-Camelia Begu in straight sets in the semi-finals of the Prague Open on Saturday to set up a final with third seed Elise Mertens of Belg...
Aug 15, 2020
Dillon tests positive, out for Daytona road race
Austin Dillon tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday morning and will miss Sunday's road race at Daytona due to self-quarantine. The Richard Childress Racing driver will be replaced by Kaz Grala in ...
Aug 15, 2020
