Author Archives: Syndicated Content
BP: preparing to restore ops at Gulf of Mexico facilities
(Reuters) - BP Plc on Thursday said its preparing to return its Gulf of Mexico facilities to operations after shutting production due to tropical storm Marco and Hurricane Laura. The company said it w...
Aug 27, 2020
Democrats top Republicans in TV viewers for convention’s third night
By Helen Coster (Reuters) - A total of 15.7 million people watched the third night of the mostly virtual Republican National Convention, according to early Nielsen Media Research, fewer than the 21.4 ...
Aug 27, 2020
Trump says NBA has become like a political organization
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said the NBA has become "like a political organization", though he said he did not know much about the players' boycott to protest racial...
Aug 27, 2020
Trump says he will visit storm-hit Gulf Coast this weekend
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will visit the Gulf Coast states of Louisiana and Texas this weekend after Hurricane Laura did extensive damage to the region. At...
Aug 27, 2020
Record floods cause deaths and widespread damage in Sudan
By Khalid Abdelaziz KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Flood waters in Sudan have reached the highest levels on record, killing dozens of people, destroying thousands of homes and encroaching on some neighbourhoods...
Aug 27, 2020
Biden says coronavirus crisis, unrest symptoms of ‘Donald Trump’s America’
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Thursday laid blame on Republican President Donald Trump for the way the coronavirus pandemic and racial strife have spread...
Aug 27, 2020
Scientists map out mosquito immune system to help fight malaria
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have created the first full map of mosquito immune cells and found a new type of cell that could have a role in how mosquitos are able to fight off malaria. The findings,...
Aug 27, 2020
Exclusive: Iranian vessel loads with Venezuelan alumina, amid closer ties – sources
By Maria Ramirez and Luc Cohen PUERTO ORDAZ, Venezuela/NEW YORK (Reuters) - An Iranian-flagged vessel loaded a cargo of alumina in Venezuela this month after delivering supplies for an Iranian superma...
Aug 27, 2020
France suspends controversial glue-trapping of songbirds
By Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) - France has suspended the glue-trapping of songbirds this year but stopped short of abolishing the controversial practice which is criticised as barbaric by bird lo...
Aug 27, 2020
Brazil’s VP Mourão plays down Amazon fires, says EU farmers holding up Mercosur deal
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Vice President Hamilton Mouro played down the fires raging in the dry season in the Amazon on Thursday, saying it was "surreal" how they are being seen abroad as if the w...
Aug 27, 2020
