Author Archives: Syndicated Content
The final chapter? COVID spells crisis for Paris’ riverside booksellers
By Johnny Cotton PARIS (Reuters) - Jangling keys on a long chain, Paris bookseller Jerome Callais opens his green wooden crates mounted on a wall overlooking the Seine, resigned to another slow day's ...
Oct 02, 2020
Pompeo visit to Asia shows strong U.S. commitment to region: Stilwell
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A visit to Asia by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo next week demonstrates strong U.S. commitment to allies and partners in the region, the top U.S. diplomat for East Asia, D...
Oct 02, 2020
Ethiopia charges suspects in killing of popular singer with terrorism
By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia on Friday filed terrorism charges against four suspects over the killing of a popular political singer whose death ignited protests in which more tha...
Oct 02, 2020
Chemical weapons watchdog: investigation in two Syrian towns inconclusive
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The global chemical weapons watchdog on Friday said it had been unable to determine whether banned toxic agents had been used in attacks on two Syrian towns in 2016 and 2018 that...
Oct 02, 2020
Belarus recalls ambassadors from Poland and Latvia
MINSK (Reuters) - Belarus has recalled its ambassadors from Poland and Latvia and asked both countries to sharply reduce the number of diplomats stationed in their embassies in Minsk, the Belta news a...
Oct 02, 2020
Pelosi: continuity of government in place after Trump tests positive
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the plans for continuing government should President Donald Trump become incapacitated remain in place, after Trump teste...
Oct 02, 2020
U.S. panel urges government to join WHO-led COVID-19 vaccine facility
(Reuters) - The United States should opt into the World Health Organization-led COVAX facility for COVID-19 vaccine distribution, an independent expert panel tapped by top U.S. health officials to adv...
Oct 02, 2020
Supreme Court will consider FCC effort to loosen media ownership rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court said on Friday it will take up a long-running legal dispute over whether the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) can loosen U.S. media ownership rules...
Oct 02, 2020
Two weeks after blockade easing, Libya triples oil production
LONDON (Reuters) - Two weeks into an easing of a blockade by eastern forces on Libya's oil infrastructure, the OPEC member is seeing a ramp up in oil production, which has risen nearly three-fold to h...
Oct 02, 2020
Russian journalist dies after setting herself on fire: local media
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian journalist died on Friday after setting herself on fire in front of the local branch of the interior ministry in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, a day after her apartment was...
Oct 02, 2020
