Author Archives: Syndicated Content
'Roaring Lion' Churchill portrait retrieved from Italy after Canada theft
By Marta Di Donfrancesco ROME (Reuters) - Italy handed back to Canada on Thursday a famous photographic portrait of Winston Churchill that was stolen from an Ottawa hotel more than two years ago and s...
Sep 19, 2024
UAE leader to visit Biden at White House on Sept. 23
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will host the leader of the United Arab Emirates at the White House on Sept. 23 to discuss strengthening regional stability and reducing tensions, the W...
Sep 19, 2024
Polls shows Harris and Trump tied nationally, tight race in Pennsylvania
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump remain deadlocked less than seven weeks before the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election, according to new polls relea...
Sep 19, 2024
Hong Kong-listed CSPC Pharmaceutical to buy back shares worth $640 million
(Reuters) -Hong Kong-listed CSPC Pharmaceutical said on Thursday it would buy back shares worth up to HK$5 billion ($640 million) in the next two years. The drugmaker, which has already spent about HK...
Sep 19, 2024
Accused in France's mass rape trial apologises to Gisele Pelicot
By Marc Leras AVIGNON, France (Reuters) - One of more than 50 men accused of raping Frenchwoman Gisele Pelicot in a mass rape case that has shocked the world told her in court on Thursday that he was ...
Sep 19, 2024
Taliban in control of 39 Afghan embassies globally
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban administration is in control of 39 Afghan embassies and consulates globally three years after it took over Afghanistan and the previous Western-ba...
Sep 19, 2024
Firefighters quell some of Portugal's worst wildfires, fight still on
By Pedro Nunes and Miguel Pereira VIZEU DISTRICT, Portugal (Reuters) - Thousands of firefighters tackling deadly wildfires in central and northern Portugal had largely doused the flames in the Aveiro ...
Sep 19, 2024
China says carrier accused of entering Japanese waters was on routine training
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Thursday its Liaoning aircraft carrier had been on a routine training mission in the western Pacific and dismissed charges by Tokyo that the vessel and its escorts ha...
Sep 19, 2024
Israel violated global child rights treaty in Gaza, UN committee says
GENEVA (Reuters) - A U.N. committee on Thursday condemned severe violations by Israel of a global treaty protecting children's rights, saying its military actions since Oct. 7 had a "catastrophic" imp...
Sep 19, 2024
Factbox-What are the five key issues in Sri Lanka's presidential election?
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankans will vote on Saturday for their next president, who will be key to deciding the future of reforms in a nation slowly emerging from worst financial crisis in decades. Be...
Sep 19, 2024
