Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Egypt to free members of leading rights group: sources, state media
CAIRO (Reuters) - Prosecutors in Egypt have ordered the release of three members of a leading human rights group who were arrested last month after the group gave a briefing to senior diplomats, judic...
Dec 03, 2020
Turkey records 32,381 daily coronavirus cases – ministry
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey recorded 32,381 new coronavirus cases, including asymptomatic ones, over the past 24 hours, Health Ministry data showed on Thursday. President Tayyip Erdogan announced new ...
Dec 03, 2020
U.S. airlines cut 29,000 workers through mid-October: Transportation Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. passenger and cargo airline industry saw total employment fall by nearly 29,000 workers through the month ending in mid-October as government restrictions on laying off...
Dec 03, 2020
Italy reports record 993 COVID-19 deaths in last 24 hours – health ministry
ROME (Reuters) - Italy reported a record 993 coronavirus-related deaths on Thursday, against 684 on Wednesday, and 23,225 new infections, compared with 20,709 the day before, the health ministry said....
Dec 03, 2020
Hundreds protest against Armenian PM, block streets over ceasefire deal
YEREVAN (Reuters) - Hundreds of Armenians blocked streets in the capital Yerevan late on Thursday and called for the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan over a ceasefire deal that locked in ...
Dec 03, 2020
Victims of Bhopal gas tragedy say pandemic has worsened their plight
BHOPAL, India (Reuters) - Protesters in the central Indian city of Bhopal formed a human chain on Thursday to demand justice for people suffering cancer, blindness, respiratory, immune and neurologica...
Dec 03, 2020
COVID-19 vaccines will be free for all in Portugal, says health minister
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's Health Minister Marta Temido said on Thursday the country's public health service will be responsible for the distribution of vaccines against the coronavirus, which will...
Dec 03, 2020
Jim Chanos reduces size of Tesla short: Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Jim Chanos, who has been short on Tesla Inc's stock for five years, has reduced his bet against the electric carmaker, the short-seller told Bloomberg News on Thursday. Chanos told Bloombe...
Dec 03, 2020
Six players tied for lead in South African Open
(Reuters) - Christiaan Bezuidenhout, who won on the European Tour last week, headlined a list of six players tied for the lead after the first round of the South African Open at Sun City on Thursday. ...
Dec 03, 2020
UK’s COVID-19 death toll surpasses 60,000
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom's total death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 60,000 on Thursday, by the government's preferred measure of deaths within 28 days of a positive test. Official daily d...
Dec 03, 2020
