Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Teenager charged with defacing Churchill’s London statue
LONDON (Reuters) - British police said they charged a teenager on Friday over the defacing of the statue of wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill opposite parliament, the second time in four months...
Syndicated Content Sep 11, 2020
UAE daily coronavirus cases surge to near peak level
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates health ministry reported on Friday 931 new daily cases of the coronavirus following a recent surge in infections that are near the highest since the pandemic...
Syndicated Content Sep 11, 2020
French PM: no new lockdown over COVID-19 resurgence
By Sudip Kar-Gupta and Matthias Blamont PARIS (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Friday his government was not planning a new, nationwide lockdown to contain a resurgence in COVID-1...
Syndicated Content Sep 11, 2020
Hundreds of Zurich airport workers protest over wages
ZURICH (Reuters) - Hundreds of workers demonstrated at Zurich's airport on Friday to protest against wage cuts amid the coronavirus-linked travel slump. The VPOD public-sector workers union and other ...
Syndicated Content Sep 11, 2020
Migrants transferred from Maersk tanker after more than month at sea
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A group of 27 migrants who had been stuck onboard the Maersk Etienne tanker for more than a month have been transferred safely to a ship operated by the NGO Mediterranea, Maersk...
Syndicated Content Sep 11, 2020
U.S. special envoy hails ‘Afghan-owned’ peace talks due to start in Doha
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad said on Friday he hoped talks between the Afghan government and Taliban due to begin on Saturday would lead to an en...
Syndicated Content Sep 11, 2020
Spain aims to tax services like Whatsapp based on revenue
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain is proposing to tax companies providing calls and instant messaging services, such as Whatsapp, based on their revenue, a senior government official said on Friday. Levies wou...
Syndicated Content Sep 11, 2020
Explainer: Next steps in the TikTok diplomatic dance
By Yingzhi Yang and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he does not plan to extend a deadline for ByteDance to sell TikTok's U.S. business, with the proces...
Syndicated Content Sep 11, 2020
Factbox: Five U.S. gubernatorial races to watch
(Reuters) - Only a handful of the U.S. gubernatorial elections this year are expected to be competitive, according to current polling, with either Democratic and Republican candidates enjoying command...
Syndicated Content Sep 11, 2020
EU-China summit to mark soured relations with deal on whiskey
By Robin Emmott and Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Once billed as the diplomatic high point in China-European Union relations, a summit on Monday is likely to show how far the relationship has...
Syndicated Content Sep 11, 2020




