Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Eight dead after cyclone hits Somalia’s Puntland, spread of locusts feared
GAROWE, Somalia (Reuters) - A cyclone that hit parts of Somalia this week killed eight people and displaced thousands, flooded farmlands and could worsen a locust plague, an official and United Nation...
Nov 27, 2020
Uzbekistan to repatriate more citizens from crowded Syrian camps, source says
TASHKENT (Reuters) - Uzbekistan plans to repatriate another group of its citizens, mostly women and children, from Syria where they are staying at crowded camps with other families of Islamic State fi...
Nov 27, 2020
Ireland to lift COVID-19 curbs ahead of many European countries
By Padraic Halpin and Graham Fahy DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland will allow shops, restaurants, gyms and pubs serving food to reopen next week, and permit travel between counties from Dec. 18, to facilita...
Nov 27, 2020
Spain adds 10,853 new COVID-19 cases, down from more than 12,000 on previous day
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain added 10,853 new cases of COVID-19 to its tally on Friday, according to health ministry data, down from more than 12,000 the day before. New infections measured over the previ...
Nov 27, 2020
Italy loosens COVID restrictions in five regions, including Lombardy
ROME (Reuters) - The Italian government will ease anti-COVID restrictions in five regions from Sunday, including in the country's richest and most populous region Lombardy, the Health Ministry said. L...
Nov 27, 2020
Canada to reveal huge COVID-19 deficit, make ‘down payment’ on national childcare
By Julie Gordon and Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada next week will reveal the breadth of the emergency spending it has made during the pandemic and lay the groundwork for future stimulus and s...
Nov 27, 2020
U.S. federal appeals court rejects Trump campaign’s Pennsylvania election case
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday rejected a request by U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign to block President-elect Joe Biden from being declared the winner of the bat...
Nov 27, 2020
Three killed in clashes in Iraq after cleric’s followers storm protest camp
NASIRIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - Supporters of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stormed an anti-government protest camp in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriya on Friday, and at least three people were killed ...
Nov 27, 2020
Trump administration moves to weaken migratory bird protections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration took a step on Friday toward rolling back protections for migratory birds and reducing penalties for companies that inadvertently kill them, the latest ...
Nov 27, 2020
Brazilian politics hit by wave of violence ahead of Sunday vote
By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilians return to the polls in 57 cities on Sunday for the runoffs of municipal elections that have seen surging violence involving assassinations and ph...
Nov 27, 2020
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