Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. imposes sanctions on Lebanese president’s son-in-law
By Humeyra Pamuk and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States imposed sanctions on Friday on Gebran Bassil, the leader of Lebanon's biggest Christian political bloc and son-in-law of P...
Nov 06, 2020
Germany’s COVID-19 monitoring app shows second wave unbroken
By Douglas Busvine BERLIN (Reuters) - A fitness tracker app launched this spring in Germany to monitor the spread of COVID-19 indicates that recently imposed social-distancing measures have yet to slo...
Nov 06, 2020
Report on disgraced ex U.S. cardinal McCarrick out Nov. 10: Vatican
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican said on Friday that its long-awaited report into disgraced ex-U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick will be released on Tuesday. Vatican sources told...
Nov 06, 2020
Walmart to sell Argentina stores to South American retail group
(Reuters) - Walmart Inc , the world's largest retailer, said on Friday it would sell its retail operations in Argentina to South American supermarket chain owner Grupo de Narvez. The company did not d...
Nov 06, 2020
Which states could tip U.S. election and when will they report results?
(Reuters) - Three days after Americans went to the polls to cast their votes for president, Democratic candidate Joe Biden has taken the lead in Pennsylvania and Georgia for the first time. To capture...
Nov 06, 2020
Vatican disciplines Polish cardinal accused of sexual abuse
By Marcin Goclowski WARSAW (Reuters) - The Vatican has disciplined an elderly Polish cardinal who was accused of sexually abusing a minor, the latest of several clerics to be caught up in a widening s...
Nov 06, 2020
Spanish prosecutors open new investigation into former king Juan Carlos
MADRID (Reuters) - Prosecutors at Spain's Supreme Court said on Friday they had opened a new preliminary investigation into former king Juan Carlos' business dealings following a report by the nationa...
Nov 06, 2020
UK ‘R’ number unchanged, estimated between 1.1-1.3
LONDON (Reuters) - The estimated range for the reproduction "R" number of COVID-19 in Britain is unchanged at between 1.1 and 1.3, the Government Office for Science said on Friday, with the daily grow...
Nov 06, 2020
Sweden raises bird flu risk assessment following outbreaks in Europe
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden has raised its assessment of the risk level for bird flu to elevated from low, after outbreaks registered elsewhere in Europe, the Swedish Board of Agriculture said on Fri...
Nov 06, 2020
Nagorno-Karabakh says its two largest cities under fierce attack
By Margarita Antidze TBILISI (Reuters) - Three residents of Nagorno-Karabakh's largest city were killed during overnight shelling by Azeri forces, the enclave's ethnic Armenian-controlled Emergency an...
Nov 06, 2020
