Author Archives: Syndicated Content
‘Glimmer of hope’: Beirut seeks Christmas cheer after devastating year
By Issam Abdallah BEIRUT (Reuters) - Near the wreckage of Beirut's port, a charity is bringing Christmas cheer to a city hammered by a devastating explosion, rising coronavirus infections and the wors...
Dec 22, 2020
EU, UK chiefs discuss COVID, Brexit – EU sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke on disagreements over fisheries that are barring a new trade deal, as well as the...
Dec 22, 2020
Roadside bomb kills prison doctors in Afghan capital
KABUL (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed at least five prison doctors and health workers in the Afghan capital on Tuesday while they were on their way to the country's largest jail, officials said. Th...
Dec 22, 2020
Rio’s mayor arrested over bribery scheme, say police and prosecutors
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Rio de Janeiro's mayor Marcelo Crivella was arrested on Tuesday morning for alleged involvement in a corruption scheme at city hall, police and prosecutors said. Crivella, w...
Dec 22, 2020
FIFA files criminal complaint over Blatter role in museum project
(Reuters) - World soccer's governing body FIFA say they have filed a criminal complaint with Zurich's cantonal prosecutor, claiming evidence of "criminal mismanagement" of a museum project set up by f...
Dec 22, 2020
Pfizer, Moderna testing their vaccines against UK coronavirus variant – CNN
(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc are testing their COVID-19 vaccines against the new fast-spreading version of the virus that has emerged in Britain, CNN reported on Tuesday. Moderna expects imm...
Dec 22, 2020
EU’s Barnier to update member states on Brexit trade talks at 1500 GMT – sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, will update the bloc's 27 national envoys on the latest on Brexit at 1500 GMT on Tuesday, with disagreements over fishing r...
Dec 22, 2020
S.Korea scrambles jets as Chinese, Russian aircraft enter air defence zone
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Tuesday it had scrambled fighter jets in response to an intrusion into South Korea's air defence identification zone by 19 Russian and Chinese military aircraft. ...
Dec 22, 2020
Britain tells shoppers food is plentiful despite freight halt
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said food was plentiful on Tuesday despite freight routes to mainland Europe remaining cut off, and people should not worry about supermarkets running out in ...
Dec 22, 2020
EU rejects UK’s latest Brexit offer on fisheries- Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - The European Union has rejected United Kingdom's latest concessions on fishing, Bloomberg News reported https://bloom.bg/38qxL6W on Tuesday citing two officials. (Reporting by Sabahatjahan...
Dec 22, 2020
