Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive: Russian paramedics’ accounts challenge Moscow’s explanation for Navalny’s coma – sources
By Anton Zverev and Gleb Stolyarov MOSCOW (Reuters) - The paramedics who treated Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny after he fell violently ill on a plane last month found no increase in his...
Sep 14, 2020
Germany: Don’t criticise us for being bearer of bad news on Navalny’s poisoning
BERLIN (Reuters) - The fact that independent laboratories in other countries have confirmed Germany's conclusion that Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a Russian military nerve agent should bring an en...
Sep 14, 2020
Russia seen holding rates after rouble slide on geopolitical concerns: Reuters Poll
By Andrey Ostroukh and Elena Fabrichnaya MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's central bank is likely to keep its main interest rate on hold on Friday following a slide in the rouble on concern over geopolitica...
Sep 14, 2020
‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero declines to plead to terrorism charges
KIGALI (Reuters) - Paul Rusesabagina, portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood movie about Rwanda's 1994 genocide, declined to plead to all the 13 charges facing him in court on Monday, demanding he be allo...
Sep 14, 2020
Shooting of 27-year-old man under investigation in Pennsylvania
(Reuters) - An investigation into the shooting of a 27-year-old man in Lancaster, Pennsylvania is ongoing after news of the incident sparked protests in the small city on Sunday night, a spokesman for...
Sep 14, 2020
Victims of violence ask not to be forgotten in Afghan peace process
By Orooj Hakimi KABUL (Reuters) - As Taliban and Afghan government negotiators met for long-awaited peace talks in Qatar, around 50 families gathered at a graveyard in Kabul on Monday imploring them n...
Sep 14, 2020
Roche says two-thirds of Evrysdi patients previously got Spinraza, Zolgensma
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche on Monday said two-thirds of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) patients who have begun taking its new medicine Evrysdi have previously got rival treatments Zolgens...
Sep 14, 2020
Romania reopens schools under strict rules as coronavirus cases rise
By Radu-Sorin Marinas BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania reopened schools for 2.8 million children on Monday after a six-month closure to fight the coronavirus outbreak, ordering pupils to wear face masks ...
Sep 14, 2020
Mexico’s president to seek referendum on prosecuting predecesors
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday said he was ready to request a referendum on charging former presidents with corruption if activists fail to collect en...
Sep 14, 2020
Navalny making further progress, can leave bed at times: hospital
BERLIN (Reuters) - Hospitalized Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is making further progress and has been completely weaned off mechanical ventilation, Berlin's Charite hospital said on Monday. "He is cur...
Sep 14, 2020
