Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Swiss enact new restrictions, mask rules to slow COVID-19 pandemic
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland on Wednesday tightened nationwide restrictions to contain the country's rising wave of COVID-19 cases, ordering dance clubs to be closed from Thursday, halting in-person...
Oct 28, 2020
U.S. accuses eight people in alleged plot to harass and intimidate citizens to return to China
By Sarah N. Lynch and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department unsealed a complaint on Wednesday charging eight people with conspiring to work on behalf of China to engage in ...
Oct 28, 2020
Zeta roars out of U.S. Gulf of Mexico, bringing 100 mph winds to coast
(Reuters) - Hurricane Zeta intensified and was poised on Wednesday to strike Louisiana with up to 100 mile-per-hour (161 kph) winds that will reach far inland, the state's sixth lashing this year from...
Oct 28, 2020
Suspected jihadist freed by Mali is detained in Algeria
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria's defence ministry said on Wednesday it had detained a suspected jihadist militant who was released this month by Mali as part of a prisoner swap, underscoring its fears of...
Oct 28, 2020
Spain doubts Gibraltar border deal possible without Brexit agreement: source
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain and Gibraltar want to reach a side deal with Britain to avoid having a hard EU border in southern Spain after Brexit, but have stumbled on "a lack of political will" in London...
Oct 28, 2020
Belgium needs plasma to continue COVID-19 studies, Red Cross says
By Marine Strauss and Francois Lenoir BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian clinical studies to study the effectiveness of blood plasma for people recovering from COVID-19 are at risk of being suspended becaus...
Oct 28, 2020
Peru reports first diphtheria case in 20 years amid low vaccination rate
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Peru reported its first case of diphtheria after 20 years following warnings by international health organizations that the coronavirus pandemic would hamper routine v...
Oct 28, 2020
Malaysia summons French diplomat over alleged anti-Islam speech
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's foreign ministry said it had summoned France's charges d'affaires in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday to express concern over alleged hate speech and defamation of Islam. ...
Oct 28, 2020
Lebanon speaker Berri: new government could ‘see the light’ in days
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's influential Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said on Wednesday that a new government could "see the light" within four to five days if talks keep going positively. "The comi...
Oct 28, 2020
Analysis: Merkel’s success overshadowed by ugly battle to succeed her
By Andreas Rinke and Paul Carrel BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) are riding high in opinion polls but their popularity masks serious unease among senior ...
Oct 28, 2020
