Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Trump to host Michigan lawmakers as he presses dubious effort to overturn election
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will meet with the Republican leaders of the Michigan state legislature on Friday at the White House, as his campaign pursues an increasingly desperate ...
Nov 20, 2020
Taiwan to start building new submarine fleet next week
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan will start work next week to build the first of eight new domestically-developed submarines, it said on Friday, a long-mooted project to strengthen the island's defences in t...
Nov 20, 2020
Thanksgiving dinner prices hit a 10-year low, turkey farmers asking consumers for help
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Because of concern over large gatherings, a recent American Farm Bureau Federation survey shows consumers will spend less on the classic Thanksgiving dinner of about 1...
Nov 19, 2020
Ethiopia’s Tigray rebels fire rockets into city, region government says
By Giulia Paravicini ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Tigray rebel forces fired rockets into the city of Bahir Dar in the Amhara region on Friday but caused no damage, the regional government said. ...
Nov 19, 2020
Trump, Xi to meet at virtual Asia Pacific forum as trade spat endures
By Rozanna Latiff and A. Ananthalakshmi KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will attend a virtual summit of Asia Pacific leaders on Friday to di...
Nov 19, 2020
Singapore activist faces fine over one-man smiley face sign protest
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore is set to charge an activist with staging a one-man protest without a permit over an incident in which he held up a sign bearing a crudely drawn smiley face outside a p...
Nov 19, 2020
India’s total coronavirus infections cross nine million
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India crossed the grim milestone of 9 million coronavirus cases, with 45,882 new infections recorded in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said on Friday. India is only the s...
Nov 19, 2020
Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 23,648 to 879,564: RKI
BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 23,648 to 879,564, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Friday. The reported...
Nov 19, 2020
South Korea warns of return to tough COVID measures to fight third wave
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's prime minister on Friday pleaded with the public to avoid social gatherings and warned that tougher measures may be needed if a new wave of coronavirus infections is no...
Nov 19, 2020
Japan’s Kagawa prefecture to cull 850,000 chickens after bird flu outbreak
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Kagawa prefecture will cull 850,000 chickens at two poultry farms after the country detected a bird flu outbreak earlier this month, the local government said in a statement ...
Nov 19, 2020
