Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China’s Communist Party to wrap up key meeting as Xi strengthens power
By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Communist Party will wrap up a meeting on Thursday that is set to culminate with a resolution that consolidates President Xi Jinping's authority, a year bef...
Nov 10, 2021
MTV show offers beacon of hope for Hungary’s harassed LGBTQ community
By Krisztina Fenyo BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hostility towards homosexuals and transsexuals has increased in Hungary since the government passed a law that critics have labelled anti-gay, say patrons and p...
Nov 10, 2021
Like the Titanic – Lebanon’s orchestra keeps playing as country sinks
By Timour Azhari BEIRUT (Reuters) - As Lebanon's national orchestra prepared for its season-opening concert with half its musicians absent, conductor Lubnan Baalbaki faced a dilemma - attempt a piece ...
Nov 10, 2021
‘When are my parents coming?’ – 1,300 Afghan children evacuated to U.S. in limbo
By Kristina Cooke, Mica Rosenberg and Lindsey Wasson RENTON, Washington (Reuters) - Ten-year-old Mansoor only narrowly escaped Afghanistan as it fell to the Taliban in August, and while he is now livi...
Nov 10, 2021
Factbox-Reactions to U.N. climate conference draft agreement
GLASGOW, Scotland (Reuters) - The British hosts of the U.N. climate summit have proposed that countries increase their ambitions to slash greenhouse gases by the end of 2022 in a draft political decis...
Nov 10, 2021
Afghan family decimated by U.S. drone strike awaits justice from Washington
By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam KABUL (Reuters) - An Afghan family that lost 10 members, including seven children, in a mistaken U.S. drone strike on a Kabul home says it is still seeking justice and has y...
Nov 10, 2021
After ‘Rust’ shooting New Mexico filmmakers demand change
By Andrew Hay TAOS, N.M. (Reuters) - Some New Mexico film industry workers are demanding better film training and tougher gun regulations on sets after the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hut...
Nov 10, 2021
Biden and EU’s von der Leyen to talk trade, Balkans, climate at White House
By Jeff Mason and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will host European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen at the White House on Wednesday to discuss trade and Western Balkans ...
Nov 10, 2021
EU to decide on Moderna’s COVID-19 shot for younger kids in two months
(Reuters) - The European Union's drug regulator expects to decide in about two months on whether to allow the use of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine in children aged six to 11 years, it said on Wednesday, ...
Nov 10, 2021
ITV expects 2021 advertising revenue to hit record high
By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) - ITV, Britain's biggest free-to-air commercial broadcaster, expects strong demand from the recovering economy to drive advertising revenue to a record high this year, ...
Nov 10, 2021
