Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Two Afghan athletes arrive in Tokyo for Paralympics
TOKYO (Reuters) - Two Afghan athletes arrived in Tokyo on Saturday to compete in the 2020 Paralympics after one of them made a video appeal for help to leave Kabul so she could take part in the Games....
Aug 28, 2021
Macron says France will stay in Iraq whatever U.S. decides to do
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday France will keep troops in Iraq as part of anti-terrorism operations for as long as the Iraqi government needs, whether or not the...
Aug 28, 2021
India attracts $22.5 billion in foreign direct investment in April-June 2021 – government
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India attracted foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows of $22.53 billion during the first three months of the fiscal year starting on April 1, 90% higher than the April-June per...
Aug 28, 2021
Motor racing-Verstappen leads Williams’s Russell in dramatic Belgian GP qualifying
(Reuters) - Red Bull's Max Verstappen mastered the treacherous conditions at a rain-soaked Spa-Francorchamps track to seize pole position from surprise star George Russell in a crash-interrupted quali...
Aug 28, 2021
U.S. troops have begun leaving Kabul airport, Pentagon says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. troops have begun their withdrawal from Kabul airport, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby told reporters on Saturday. At the briefing, U.S. Army Major General William Taylor ...
Aug 28, 2021
Police, protesters clash as thousands march against COVID curbs in Berlin
BERLIN (Reuters) - Police tussled with protesters as thousands of people marched through Berlin on Saturday chanting slogans and waving banners against COVID-19 restrictions. Some demonstrators tried ...
Aug 28, 2021
Italy reports 54 coronavirus deaths on Saturday, 6,860 new cases
ROME (Reuters) - Italy reported 54 coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday, compared with 45 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections fell to 6,860 from 7,826. ...
Aug 28, 2021
Budapest mural pays tribute to Katalin Kariko, Hungarian-born pioneer behind COVID-19 vaccine
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Katalin Kariko, the Hungarian-born scientist who laid the groundwork for the mRNA vaccines fighting COVID-19, has been recognised in her homeland in the form of a huge mural in ce...
Aug 28, 2021
Afghan woman gives birth on evacuation flight to Britain
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - An Afghan woman on board an evacuation flight to Britain gave birth to a baby girl early on Saturday with assistance from the cabin crew, Turkish Airlines said in a statement. Som...
Aug 28, 2021
Egypt’s Sisi and Qatar’s Tamim meet for the first time since reconciliation
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani in Baghdad on Saturday, the Egyptian presidency said, the first meeting since the two countrie...
Aug 28, 2021
