Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Spanish police arrest pandemic-denier for inciting hatred
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police said on Friday they had arrested a man near the northeastern city of Zaragoza, who believed the coronavirus pandemic to be a hoax, for inciting hatred and violence ac...
Aug 28, 2020
UK COVID-19 reproduction “R” rate steady at 0.9-1.1
LONDON (Reuters) - The reproduction "R" number of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom remains between 0.9 and 1.1, the government said on Friday, indicating that the rate of infection is most likely either...
Aug 28, 2020
Germany would be ready to sanction Russia over Navalny case: Maas
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany would be ready to impose diplomatic sanctions against Russia if it concludes that Russian state agencies were behind the poisoning of a critic of President Vladimir Putin, F...
Aug 28, 2020
Brits flock to Portugal’s Algarve as quarantine rules lifted, airport struggles
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal is sending border control reinforcements to an airport in the sunny Algarve as authorities struggle to cope with a surge in arrivals of British tourists ...
Aug 28, 2020
Thai activists scuffle with police officers
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Pro-democracy activists tussled with police in Bangkok on Friday when demonstrators gathered at a police station in a show of support for protest leaders. Scores of activists remov...
Aug 28, 2020
Danish spy agency shared information with U.S. intelligence: DR broadcaster
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's foreign intelligence unit has shared raw data from information cables with the U.S. National Security Agency, which could have given the NSA access to Danish citizens'...
Aug 28, 2020
Denmark extends support for cultural activities hit by pandemic
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark said on Friday it will extend support for theatres and sport clubs and other cultural activities impacted by coronavirus curbs on large gatherings until the end of Octob...
Aug 28, 2020
No serious threat to Kremlin critic Navalny’s life, symptoms improving: spokeswoman
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who remains in a medically-induced coma after what his supporters suspect was a poisoning, is facing no serious threat to his life and his condition i...
Aug 28, 2020
U.S. Open heartbreak for India’s Gunneswaran despite long New York trip
By Sudipto Ganguly MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's Prajnesh Gunneswaran flew halfway across the world in the hope of sneaking into the U.S. Open's main draw but suffered an expensive let-down when he misse...
Aug 28, 2020
U.N. says life of Congo’s Nobel Laureate doctor in danger
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - The life of a top Congolese doctor who won the Nobel Peace prize for his work treating war rape victims is in danger after a series of death threats, the U.N. High Com...
Aug 28, 2020
