Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Michael Bloomberg to spend $100 million in Florida for Biden – Washington Post
(Reuters) - Billionaire Michael Bloomberg, who spent hundreds of millions on his 2020 Democratic presidential bid before dropping out, plans to infuse at least $100 million in Florida to help Democrat...
Sep 13, 2020
Would-be Merkel successor Laschet looks for local election boost
BERLIN (Reuters) - German conservative Armin Laschet hoped for a local election boost on Sunday in his quest to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel as a fresh poll showed him trailing other candidates ah...
Sep 13, 2020
Landslides in Nepal kill 12 people, at least 21 missing
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Landslides triggered by torrential rain swept through two villages in Nepal on Sunday, killing at least 12 people, a government official said. Ten people were kil...
Sep 13, 2020
U.S. Gulf Coast oil firms brace for second strong hurricane in a month
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Energy producers and communities along the U.S. Gulf Coast organized evacuations of residents and offshore workers on Sunday as they prepared for the second hurricane strike in les...
Sep 13, 2020
Turkey has not given up on rights in east Mediterranean – minister
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said on Sunday that the return of the seismic research vessel Oruc Reis to near the country's southern shores does not mean Ankara has given u...
Sep 13, 2020
Israeli top model Bar Refaeli sentenced in tax evasion case
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli was sentenced on Sunday to nine months' community service and her mother was ordered jailed for 16 months for tax evasion on earnings from her inter...
Sep 13, 2020
Argentina’s Guzman says seeking payment pause with IMF until 2024 – report
By Eliana Raszewski BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina is seeking to avoid repayments to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the period 2021-2024 as it negotiates a new deal with the lender, Econ...
Sep 13, 2020
Greek PM promises permanent migrant centre after fire on Lesbos
LESBOS, Greece (Reuters) - Greece will build a permanent migrant reception centre on Lesbos to replace the overcrowded refugee camp destroyed by a fire last week, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsota...
Sep 13, 2020
Search for survivors is on as wildfires torch millions of acres in U.S. West
By Deborah Bloom and Adrees Latif PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - Crews were to resume searching for the dead on Sunday among blackened ruins left by massive wildfires raging in three western U.S. states, ...
Sep 13, 2020
Belarus authorities close off central square in Minsk, detain protesters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Authorities in Belarus used barbed wire to seal off a central square in the capital Minsk and started to detain protesters as they took to the streets for another march on Sunday fo...
Sep 13, 2020
