Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Thousands protest anti-coronavirus restrictions in Germany over weekend
BERLIN (Reuters) - Thousands of demonstrators in southern Germany protested against coronavirus restrictions over the weekend, police said on Sunday, although organisers failed to mobilise enough peop...
Oct 04, 2020
Qualifier Trevisan stuns Bertens to reach last eight in Paris
PARIS (Reuters) - Italian Martina Trevisan became the first qualifier in eight years to reach the quarter-finals of the women's draw at the French Open by beating Dutch fifth seed Kiki Bertens 6-4 6-4...
Oct 04, 2020
Monte dei Paschi shareholders approve bad loan clean-up
MILAN (Reuters) - Shareholders in Monte dei Paschi di Siena approved on Sunday a long-awaited bad loan clean-up plan aimed at easing the sale of the state-owned bank to a healthier rival. Italy has wo...
Oct 04, 2020
India seeks up to 500 million coronavirus vaccine doses by July
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India hopes to receive up to 500 million doses of coronavirus vaccine by July to inoculate about 250 million people, health minister Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday, as infections i...
Oct 04, 2020
Ethiopia’s Oromo celebrate tense thanksgiving amid tight security
By Dawit Endeshaw BISHOFTU, Ethiopia (Reuters) - Thousands of people from the Oromo, Ethiopia's largest ethnic group, celebrated their thanksgiving festival in Bishoftu city amid tight security on Sun...
Oct 04, 2020
Teenager Swiatek bundles top seed Halep out of French Open
PARIS (Reuters) - Romanian Simona Halep, the women's top seed, crashed out of the French Open on Sunday, losing 6-1 6-2 to Poland's Iga Swiatek in the fourth round. The 19-year-old Swiatek, ranked 54t...
Oct 04, 2020
Federer, Serena confirmed for Australian Open, says Tiley
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Roger Federer and Serena Williams have confirmed they will take part in the 2021 Australian Open, with the year's first Grand Slam in Melbourne expected to allow fans to fill up ...
Oct 04, 2020
Pope says free market, ‘trickle-down’ policies fail society
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Sunday that the COVID-19 pandemic was the latest crisis to prove that market forces alone and "trickle-down" economic policies had fail...
Oct 04, 2020
Biden leads by 10 points as majority of Americans say Trump could have avoided coronavirus: Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democrat Joe Biden opened his widest lead in a month in the U.S. presidential race after President Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus, and a majority o...
Oct 04, 2020
Shorthanded U.S. Supreme Court returns with major challenges ahead
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court begins its new nine-month term on Monday buffeted by the death of liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a Senate confirmation battle ove...
Oct 04, 2020
