Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Police probe illegal party near Paris in breach of COVID lockdown
PARIS (Reuters) - Police are probing an illegal party that took place at Joinville-Le-Pont near Paris, at which up to 400 people met up despite French COVID-19 lockdown rules banning large private gat...
Nov 14, 2020
Pakistan to provide ‘irrefutable evidence’ India sponsors militant groups
By Umar Farooq ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan will present evidence to the United Nations and other international bodies that India, its neighbour and arch rival, is involved with militant organisatio...
Nov 14, 2020
Qualcomm receives U.S. permission to sell 4G chips to Huawei in exception to ban
(Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc on Friday received a license from the U.S. government to sell 4G mobile phone chips to China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, an exemption to U.S. trade restrictions imposed amid...
Nov 14, 2020
‘Can’t take any more’: Lisbon’s bar, restaurant workers protest amid COVID-19 rules
By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira LISBON (Reuters) - Paula Barroso's bar in Lisbon has been shut for eight months and she already had to let some workers go due to the economic impact of the coron...
Nov 14, 2020
Thousands of Georgians rally in Tbilisi to protest election results
By Margarita Antidze TBILISI (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters rallied in the Georgian capital Tbilisi on Saturday to back opposition calls for a re-run of the Oct. 31 parliamentary election they sa...
Nov 14, 2020
Zverev under a cloud as he bids for second ATP Finals title
LONDON (Reuters) - Alexander Zverev will begin his challenge at the ATP Finals on Monday still under a cloud in the wake of accusations of domestic abuse by his former girlfriend Olga Sharypova. The G...
Nov 14, 2020
Egypt showcases scores of 25,000-year-old coffins
SAQQARA, Egypt (Reuters) - Egypt on Saturday showcased more than 100 coffins dating back 25,000 years, the latest and largest find this year in the vast burial ground of the Saqqara Necropolis. The 6t...
Nov 14, 2020
Istanbul mayor wants lockdown to restrain second virus wave
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Istanbul's mayor called on Saturday for a lockdown of at least two weeks to contain an "out of control" rise in coronavirus cases, and said virus-related deaths in the city alone ...
Nov 14, 2020
Motor racing: Stroll takes shock Turkish GP pole, Hamilton sixth
By Tuvan Gumrukcu ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Canadian Lance Stroll seized an astonishing first Formula One pole position on Saturday in a crazy weather-hit Turkish Grand Prix qualifying that snapped a 14-ra...
Nov 14, 2020
DeChambeau tests negative for coronavirus despite feeling ‘weird’
By Andrew Both AUGUSTA, Ga. (Reuters) - Pre-tournament Masters favourite Bryson DeChambeau said he has had a coronavirus test as a precaution after feeling "weird" during the season's final major. DeC...
Nov 14, 2020
