Author Archives: Syndicated Content
South Sudan families displaced by fighting forced out again by floods
By Andreea Campeanu LANYARIS, South Sudan (Reuters) - By the time the waters started rising, ethnic violence had already forced South Sudanese mother Vorgol Poulo, her husband, and their seven childre...
Oct 10, 2020
Face masks made compulsory in public in Tehran as COVID toll rises
(Reuters) - Mask wearing has become mandatory in public in the Iranian capital and violators will be fined, President Hassan Rouhani announced on Saturday as the country battles a third wave of corona...
Oct 10, 2020
Turkish business groups call for Saudi action to resolve trade problems
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's leading business groups urged Saudi Arabia on Saturday to take action to improve trade relations as Turkish firms encounter growing problems in doing business with the Gu...
Oct 10, 2020
China to invest nearly $900 billion in power grids: state media
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will invest close to $900 billion in the next five years to help further develop the country's power grids, the official Xinhua News Agency reported on Saturday. Investments ...
Oct 10, 2020
Malaysia reports 374 new coronavirus cases, three deaths
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia reported 374 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, a slight increase from the previous day, as health officials ramp up contact tracing in Sabah state where a large numb...
Oct 10, 2020
Chinese app allows small glimpse beyond ‘Great Firewall’
BEIJING (Reuters) - An app launched this week in China allows access to some content on Western social media sites long banned domestically such as YouTube, marking the first product by a major Chines...
Oct 10, 2020
U.S. COVID-19 cases hit two-month high, 10 states report record increases
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - New cases of COVID-19 in the United States hit a two-month high on Friday with over 58,000 infections of the new coronavirus reported and hospitalizations in the Midwest a...
Oct 10, 2020
Malaysia detains 60 Chinese nationals, six vessels for trespassing
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's maritime authorities said on Saturday they had detained 60 Chinese nationals and six Chinese-registered fishing vessels they said were trespassing into the Southeas...
Oct 10, 2020
World Food Programme ‘deeply humbled’ by Nobel Peace Prize award, its chief says
OSLO (Reuters) - The United Nations World Food Programme is "deeply humbled" by the announcement it had won this year's Nobel Peace Prize, Executive Director David Beasley said on Friday. "This is an ...
Oct 10, 2020
Indonesia reports 4,294 new coronavirus infections
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia on Saturday reported 4,294 new coronavirus infections to bring the total tally of 328,952, data from the country's COVID-19 task force showed. The Southeast Asia country ...
Oct 10, 2020
