Author Archives: Syndicated Content
‘I want freedom’: Thais mass to defy protest ban
By Patpicha Tanakasempipat BANGKOK (Reuters) - From shops, offices and schools they spilled onto a Bangkok street in their tens of thousands, voicing shock and anger and above all defiance. Thailand's...
Oct 15, 2020
FCC will move to set rules clarifying key social media protection: chair
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai said Thursday the agency will move forward to set new rules to clarify the meaning of a key legal protection for social media...
Oct 15, 2020
Paramilitary convoy attacked in southwestern Pakistan, killing 14
By Gul Yousafzai QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A gun and rocket attack targeting a Pakistani paramilitary escort on Thursday killed seven soldiers and seven private security guards in southwestern Paki...
Oct 15, 2020
Saudi minister stresses bringing Israel, Palestinians into talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The main focus of Middle East peace efforts should be to bring Israel and the Palestinians back to the negotiating table, the Saudi foreign minister said on Thursday in a commen...
Oct 15, 2020
Canada invests in small modular nuclear technology, eyes net-zero future
By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government took a tentative step forward on its national small modular reactor (SMR) plan on Thursday, with an investment to help an Ontario company edg...
Oct 15, 2020
U.S. Senate’s McConnell says coronavirus relief package will be passed either before or after election
(Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday that if a fresh COVID-19 relief package is not passed before the Nov. 3 election, it will be passed afterwards. "I think we nee...
Oct 15, 2020
‘Jagged Little Pill’ musical leads Tony nominations as Broadway remains dark
(Reuters) - The stage adaptation of Alanis Morissette's album "Jagged Little Pill," led nominations for the annual Tony Awards on Thursday although Broadway theatres remain dark in a prolonged pandemi...
Oct 15, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 216,025 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday reported 7,894,768 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 59,761 from its previous count, and said that the numb...
Oct 15, 2020
Tenth of pandemic stimulus spend could help world reach climate goals: study
By Matthew Green LONDON (Reuters) - The world could get on track to avert catastrophic climate change by investing a tenth of a planned $12 trillion in pandemic recovery packages in reducing dependenc...
Oct 15, 2020
Spain adds 13,300 COVID infections, Catalonia to shut bars, eateries
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's cumulative tally of coronavirus infections rose by over 13,300 on Thursday to 921,374 in a slight acceleration from the previous few days, as the region of Catalonia was pre...
Oct 15, 2020
