Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Indian, China troops exchanged gunshots twice last week as tensions rose
By Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian and Chinese border troops had an exchange of gunfire last week just days before a meeting of their foreign ministers, Indian officials said on Wednesday...
Sep 16, 2020
COVID-19 pandemic to cost football $14 billion this year, says FIFA
BERN (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to cost club football $14 billion this year worldwide, around one third of its value, a leading official at global soccer body FIFA said on Wednesday. ...
Sep 16, 2020
Exclusive: Top Huawei executives had close ties to company at center of U.S. criminal case
By Steve Stecklow and Marcelo Rochabrun LONDON/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - An obscure Hong Kong-registered company stands at the center of the U.S. criminal case against China's Huawei Technologies and its ...
Sep 16, 2020
NHC says 40% chance of cyclone over southwestern Gulf of Mexico
(Reuters) - A low pressure system located over the south-western Gulf of Mexico now has a 40% chance of developing into a cyclone in the next 48 hours, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Wedn...
Sep 16, 2020
Construction of China-funded railway in Indonesia seen completed in 2023 amid delays
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia expects its $6 billion high-speed railway project connecting its capital Jakarta to the city of Bandung to be completed about two years later than initially scheduled, a ...
Sep 16, 2020
‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero could face maximum life in prison, prosecution says
By Clement Uwiringiyimana KIGALI (Reuters) - Paul Rusesabagina, portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood movie about Rwanda's 1994 genocide, may face 25 years to life in prison if convicted of various offen...
Sep 16, 2020
Greece struggles to bring migrants into temporary camp after fire
LESBOS (Reuters) - Greek authorities were still struggling on Wednesday to move thousands of migrants sleeping rough into a temporary camp, a week after the overcrowded Moria migrant camp burned down,...
Sep 16, 2020
As some U.S. college students party, others blow the whistle
By Jan Wolfe and Daphne Psaledakis (Reuters) - Some U.S. college students are doing the once-improbable: blowing the whistle on classmates who break rules aimed at stemming the spread of the coronavir...
Sep 16, 2020
UK could impose COVID curfew on London: Evening Standard
LONDON (Reuters) - Curfews could be imposed in London to fight a second COVID-19 wave, the Evening Standard reported on Wednesday, citing the director of the London public health unit. "It might be lo...
Sep 16, 2020
Filipino families of sunken ship crew plead for search to resume
MANILA (Reuters) - Families of 39 Filipino crewmen who were aboard a cattle ship that sank during a typhoon are pleading for a search to continue and to expand into uninhabited islands and nearby wate...
Sep 16, 2020
