Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. air strikes target Taliban fighters advancing on key Afghan city
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The United States launched air strikes against Taliban fighters in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, U.S. officials said on Monday, after a large-scale offe...
Oct 12, 2020
Coronavirus risks shadow Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The risk of COVID-19 hung over Monday's opening of Amy Coney Barrett's U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings, with the Senate hearing room including at l...
Oct 12, 2020
We won’t survive: Liverpool pubs say new UK lockdown will wipe them out
By Paul Sandle and Phil Noble LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) - The last pints could be pulled in pubs across northern England this week as furious bosses warn new coronavirus restrictions will wipe out ...
Oct 12, 2020
In Venezuelan rural heartland, angry Maduro supporters fuel protest wave
By Keren Torres and Brian Ellsworth URACHICHE, Venezuela (Reuters) - In the Venezuelan town of Urachiche, long a bastion of support for President Nicolas Maduro's ruling Socialist Party, a radio stati...
Oct 12, 2020
Britain’s Johnson says cannot take COVID-19 vaccine for granted
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday there were some hopeful signs that a vaccine would be secured for COVID-19 but he warned that the country must be realistic becau...
Oct 12, 2020
Facebook’s Libra must not start until properly regulated: G7 draft
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Financial leaders of the world's seven biggest economies will say on Tuesday that they oppose the launch of Facebook's Libra stablecoin until it is properly re...
Oct 12, 2020
UK reports 13,972 new daily COVID cases
LONDON (Reuters) - The daily number of new COVID-19 cases in the United Kingdom rose to 13,972 on Monday, compared with 12,872 the day before, government data showed. The daily number of deaths was 50...
Oct 12, 2020
EU to sanction Lukashenko, citing worsening Belarus violence
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - European Union foreign ministers agreed on Monday to sanction Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and other senior officials over an Aug. 9 election the West says was rigg...
Oct 12, 2020
Bank of England has ‘absolutely open mind’ on negative rates: Haskel
LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England policymaker Jonathan Haskel said on Monday that the central bank had an "absolutely open mind" about the possibility of cutting interest rates below zero as part of ...
Oct 12, 2020
World Bank’s Malpass says G20 may agree to only six-month debt relief extension
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some G20 creditor countries are reluctant to broaden and extend another year of coronavirus debt service relief to the world's poorest countries, so a six-month compromise may e...
Oct 12, 2020
