Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Suspected accomplice of Paris knife attacker released: source
PARIS (Reuters) - A suspected accomplice of a man believed to have attacked and wounded two people with a meat cleaver on Friday in front of a Paris office building has been released, a judicial sourc...
Sep 26, 2020
Beijing Autoshow: Great Wall to boost overseas sales, countering overall drop
BEIJING (Reuters) - Great Wall Motor aims to boost overseas sales this year, an official at China's top pickup truck maker said on Saturday, helping to ease an overall drop caused by COVID-19. The com...
Sep 26, 2020
Lebanon’s prime minister-designate steps down after failing to form cabinet
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's prime minister-designate quit on Saturday after almost a month of efforts to line up a non-partisan cabinet despite French pressure on the country's sectarian leaders to r...
Sep 26, 2020
Armed militia kills at least 15 people in western Ethiopia
By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - An armed militia killed at least 15 people in a pre-dawn attack on Friday in western Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said in a statemen...
Sep 26, 2020
Hungary hit by large cyber attack from Asia: Magyar Telekom
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian financial institutions and telecoms infrastructure were hit with a powerful cyber attack on Thursday from computer servers located in Russia, China and Vietnam, telecoms...
Sep 26, 2020
Athletics: Russia gets six-month extension to submit reinstatement plan
(Reuters) - Russia's suspended athletics federation (RusAF) has been granted a six-month extension to finalise its reinstatement plan before World Athletics decides on potential fresh sanctions or eve...
Sep 26, 2020
Philippines surpasses 300,000 confirmed coronavirus cases
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' health ministry on Saturday reported 2,747 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections and 88 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 301,256 ...
Sep 26, 2020
Iranian president accuses U.S. of savagery after new sanctions
(Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused the United States on Saturday of "savagery" after Washington imposed new sanctions on Tehran, and said Iranians should direct their anger at the Wh...
Sep 26, 2020
Less razzmatazz, but Nobel Prizes go ahead amid pandemic
By Simon Johnson STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The winners of this year's Nobel Prizes will miss out on a swanky gala in Stockholm surrounded by royalty and Sweden's glitterati, but 2020 will at least not be ...
Sep 26, 2020
Van Morrison takes fans back to magic time in coronavirus-shrouded London
By Angus MacSwan LONDON (Reuters) - Veteran singer Van Morrison blew away the coronavirus blues in London on Friday night with a performance of stirring and soulful music that transported fans back to...
Sep 26, 2020
