Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive: Thailand tells universities to stop students’ calls for monarchy reform
By Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai authorities have summoned the heads of universities to tell them to stop students demanding reform of the monarchy, warning that su...
Sep 13, 2020
South African economy to shrink by more than government’s 7% forecast in 2020 – Mboweni
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's economy will likely contract this year by more than the 7% previously forecast by the Treasury, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni said in an opinion piece published...
Sep 13, 2020
Turkey’s Oruc Reis survey vessel back near southern shore, ship tracker shows
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's seismic research vessel Oruc Reis returned to waters near the southern province of Antalya on Sunday, Refinitiv data showed, a move that could ease tensions between Ankar...
Sep 13, 2020
Libyan medics already faced war, now the pandemic is surging there too
MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) - As the pandemic started to rage through Libya last month, medics working in the war-ravaged country's few functioning hospitals faced their nightmare scenario - a surge in c...
Sep 13, 2020
Macron calls Lebanese politician as cabinet deadline looms
BEIRUT (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron has held a call with Lebanon's parliamentary speaker to try to remove an obstacle to meeting this week's deadline for forming a new government to dr...
Sep 13, 2020
Russia to send paratroopers to Belarus for joint drills starting on Monday: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will send troops from its Pskov division of paratroopers to Belarus for joint military drills starting on Monday, the RIA news agency cited Russia's defence ministry as sayin...
Sep 13, 2020
Mali’s M5-RFP coalition rejects junta’s post-coup charter
BAMAKO (Reuters) - The M5-RFP coalition in Mali that led anti-government protests before last month's coup has rejected a political charter pushed through by the ruling junta on Saturday, M5-RFP said....
Sep 13, 2020
Czech Republic sees record rise in virus cases for third day
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic reported its biggest single-day increase in new coronavirus infections for a third straight day on Sunday, recording 1,541 cases as the country battles a surge in...
Sep 13, 2020
Trial of British-Iranian aid worker Zaghari-Ratcliffe postponed, UK lawmaker says
LONDON (Reuters) - A trial of British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe scheduled for Sunday in Iran has been postponed, a British lawmaker said on Sunday, citing a conversation with Zaghar...
Sep 13, 2020
UAE, Israeli educational institutions sign artificial intelligence MoU: WAM
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates' Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence and Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science have agreed to work together, UAE state news agency WAM s...
Sep 13, 2020
