Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. SEC to examine Rio Tinto whistleblower claims over Oyu Tolgoi – FT
(Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is examining claims from a whistleblower that Rio Tinto was aware of problems at its underground copper mine extension project of Oyu Tolgoi in ...
Sep 06, 2020
Ukraine accuses pro-Russian separatists of violating ceasefire
KYIV (Reuters) - Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine on Sunday violated a ceasefire with government forces, wounding one soldier, the Ukrainian military said. The rebel forces opened fire with ...
Sep 06, 2020
Belarus protesters march in Minsk despite government warning
(Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people marched through Minsk on Sunday calling on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to step down, in mass demonstrations that showed no sign of abating nearly ...
Sep 06, 2020
German politicians question Russia gas project after Navalny suspected poisoning
By Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday faced growing pressure to reconsider Germany's Nord Stream 2 pipeline project with Russia following the suspected poisoning of Kr...
Sep 06, 2020
Pope says gossiping is a ‘worse plague’ than coronavirus
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis urged the faithful on Sunday to steer clear of gossip, calling it worse than the coronavirus and saying it could be used to divide the Roman Catholic Church. "Ple...
Sep 06, 2020
Mnuchin says he expects to fund U.S. government to early December
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said a deal between the White House and Congress would fund the federal government through the beginning of December and that de...
Sep 06, 2020
Saudi Arabia sentences three to death over links to 2017 Jeddah attack
DUBAI (Reuters) - A Saudi court has sentenced three people to death for their involvement in an attack in Jeddah when two men blew themselves up after a shootout with police, state-run Al Ekhbariya te...
Sep 06, 2020
U.S.-Canada towns marooned by border closure brace for winter trapped in isolation
By Moira Warburton VANCOUVER (Reuters) - They are small towns along the Canadian-American border, marooned by geography, whose residents' lives have already been upended by the border closure due to t...
Sep 06, 2020
‘One vaccine isn’t enough’: Mexico aims for its own coronavirus fix
By Anthony Esposito and Adriana Barrera MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico is working to produce its own COVID-19 vaccines and could have one ready by next spring, according to a researcher coordinating l...
Sep 06, 2020
Senegal activates emergency floods aid plan after downpour
DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegalese President Macky Sall has activated an emergency aid plan after a seven-hour downpour caused widespread floods. Water Minister Serigne Mbaye Thiam told national television ...
Sep 06, 2020
