Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Security forces deploy in Sudan’s Khartoum against planned post-coup protests
(Corrects coup date to Oct 25, not Oct 26, in lede para) KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Security forces blocked major roads and bridges in Sudan's capital Khartoum on Sunday against planned protests over the Oc...
Dec 19, 2021
London Mayor: Inevitable we will have more COVID restrictions
LONDON (Reuters) - New COVID-19 restrictions are inevitable as without them Britain will see public services such as the National Health Service (NHS) on the verge of collapse, London Mayor Sadiq Khan...
Dec 19, 2021
UK is monitoring COVID-19 data closely, to act if necessary -health minister
LONDON (Reuters) - The British government is monitoring the latest COVID-19 data on an almost hourly basis and will do whatever is necessary to tackle the spread, health minister Sajid Javid told Sky ...
Dec 19, 2021
Russian court hands father of Navalny ally 3-year suspended sentence, lawyer says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Sunday handed the retired father of one of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's allies a three-year suspended sentence, his lawyer said, in a corruption case th...
Dec 19, 2021
Saudi defences destroy two Houthi drones targeting Abha airport -news agency
CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's air defences on Sunday destroyed two drones launched by Yemen's Houthis toward the Abha international airport in the southwest of the kingdom, the Saudi Press Agency (...
Dec 19, 2021
Islamic countries seek response to Afghanistan emergency
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Muslim nations sought to respond to the growing economic and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan as neighbouring Pakistan opened an extraordinary meeting on Sunday of the Organisa...
Dec 19, 2021
More than 21,000 people displaced by floods in Malaysia – state media
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - More than 21,000 people have been displaced from their homes due to flooding caused by torrential rains in Malaysia, state news agency Bernama said on Sunday. Perak was the la...
Dec 19, 2021
China to tighten antitrust legal enforcement – new antitrust bureau head
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's antimonopoly bureau will step up legal enforcement against monopolistic behaviour and push forward the amended antimonopoly law to improve the regulatory framework, said Ga...
Dec 19, 2021
Boxing-Paul wins Woodley rematch with sixth round stoppage
(Reuters) - Youtuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul extended his perfect record after sending Tyron Woodley face-first into the canvas with a vicious knockout blow in the sixth round at the Amalie Arena in Ta...
Dec 19, 2021
Chile heads to the polls with ‘two models of the nation’ at stake
By Anthony Esposito and Natalia A. Ramos Miranda SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chileans head to the polls on Sunday to vote in the Andean nation's most divisive presidential election in decades, with two candi...
Dec 19, 2021
