Author Archives: Syndicated Content
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
Belarus hands over alleged mercenaries to Russia: Russian prosecutor
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarus has returned a group of 32 Russian nationals to Russia after detaining them and accusing them of being mercenaries, the Russian General Prosecutor's Office said in a stateme...
Aug 14, 2020
Report: Laureano suspension reduced to four games
Oakland A's outfielder Ramon Laureano had his suspension reduced to four games for his role in last Sunday's brawl, and he will begin serving it Friday night, ESPN reported. Laureano was originally su...
Aug 14, 2020
Monday storm impacted an estimated 37.7 million acres of Midwest farmland
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - A storm packing hurricane-force winds on Monday impacted 37.7 million acres of farmland across the Midwest, including 14 million in Iowa, the Iowa Soybean Associati...
Aug 14, 2020
New York state releases proposed regulations to battle climate change
(Reuters) - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation on Friday released proposed regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emission and to implement the Climate Leadership and Community Prot...
Aug 14, 2020
U.N. says Mali army chief left village unprotected before massacre
DAKAR (Reuters) - The former head of Mali's armed forces left the village of Ogossagou unprotected earlier this year despite numerous warnings of an imminent massacre in which 35 people died, accordin...
Aug 14, 2020
Israel, U.S. near deal to exclude China from Israeli 5G networks: U.S. official
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel and the United States are nearing a deal whereby Israel would commit not to use Chinese technology for its next generation 5G mobile telecoms networks, a U.S. official sai...
Aug 14, 2020
