Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. coronavirus cases approach 6 million as Midwest, schools face outbreaks
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - U.S. cases of the novel coronavirus were approaching 6 million on Sunday as many Midwest states reported increasing infections, according to a Reuters tally. Iowa, North D...
Aug 30, 2020
Wisconsin lieutenant governor says state does not need a visit from President Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wisconsin's Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes said on Sunday the state does not need a visit from President Donald Trump, after his "incendiary remarks" on the racial protests ...
Aug 30, 2020
Germany’s Scholz condemns far-right flags outside parliament
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Olaf Scholz, a candidate to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor, on Sunday condemned protestors who stormed the steps of Germany's Reichstag parliament building, some of them hol...
Aug 30, 2020
Paire tests positive for COVID-19 before U.S. Open: report
(Reuters) - France's Benoit Paire has tested positive for COVID-19 and will have to pull out of the U.S. Open starting on Monday, French sports daily L'Equipe https://www.lequipe.fr/Tennis/Actualites/...
Aug 30, 2020
Hezbollah open to discussing new political order in Lebanon, says Nasrallah
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday the powerful Shi'ite movement was open to discussing a new political order in Lebanon if all factions agree to it, as foreign...
Aug 30, 2020
Ten militants and five civilians killed in east Congo violence: army, local leader
BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Ten Islamist militants were killed after they ambushed an army convoy in eastern Congo on Friday, according to the military, while a community leader sai...
Aug 30, 2020
Messi contract is valid, says La Liga, after he fails to attend medical
BARCELONA (Reuters) - La Liga on Sunday released a statement saying Lionel Messi's Barcelona contract was still valid, days after his shock announcement that he wants to leave the club and hours after...
Aug 30, 2020
Egypt detains second suspect in alleged rape case, three more held in Lebanon
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian public prosecutors have ordered the detention of a second man suspected of being involved in an alleged gang rape at a luxury hotel in Cairo in 2014 pending investigations, ...
Aug 30, 2020
Djokovic out to make hay while the sun shines in New York
By Sudipto Ganguly (Reuters) - Off-court distractions and a neck injury could not prevent Novak Djokovic from extending his winning run this year to 23 matches and the Serbian could not be in more int...
Aug 30, 2020
COVID-19 vaccine diplomacy: Mexico courts allies across ideological spectrum
By Anthony Esposito and Adriana Barrera MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico is pressing ahead with an effort to forge COVID-19 vaccine alliances across a wide ideological spectrum of countries from France ...
Aug 30, 2020
