Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Scotland’s first minister calls on lawmaker to resign over breaking COVID rules
LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, called on one of her lawmakers to resign on Friday after Margaret Ferrier admitted that she had travelled while suffering symptoms of COV...
Oct 02, 2020
Likely Fed injections in contested U.S. vote would favour tech: BofA
LONDON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve would likely step-in to support financial markets if the outcome of the U.S. presidential election was contested, a move which would benefit stocks in the tech s...
Oct 02, 2020
Red Bull respect Honda’s decision to quit F1, says Horner
LONDON (Reuters) - Red Bull respect engine supplier Honda's decision to leave Formula One at the end of 2021 and are well equipped to deal with the 'obvious challenges' presented by the departure, tea...
Oct 02, 2020
Ethiopia region arrests 503 on feared violence at weekend festival
By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Police in Ethiopia's Oromiya region have arrested 503 people on accusations they planned to cause violence during an annual thanksgiving festival this ...
Oct 02, 2020
Somali women’s basketball team defy prejudice, hostility
By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Whistles screech on the sea breeze as three female Somali coaches inspect a line of women in black and blue headscarves dribbling basketballs. It's not just the he...
Oct 02, 2020
Blasphemy convictions spark Nigerian debate over sharia law
By Alexis Akwagyiram and Abraham Achirga LAGOS/ABUJA (Reuters) - Fuad Adeyemi, an imam in Nigeria's capital Abuja, respects those who believe that a 22-year-old man accused of sharing a blasphemous me...
Oct 02, 2020
U.S. Pompeo says reconsidering his trip to Asia
BELGRADE (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday he was reconsidering his upcoming trip to Asia as a precaution after President Donald Trump and his wife tested positive to coro...
Oct 02, 2020
India’s September trade deficit in goods at $2.91 billion
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India posted a trade deficit of $2.91 billion in goods in September, data released by the government showed on Friday. Merchandise imports contracted 19.60% in September to $30.3...
Oct 02, 2020
Brexit trade talks to go on until mid-October EU summit: sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Britain and the European Union will continue trade talks next week and until a summit of the bloc's leaders on Oct. 15-16, sources told Reuters. This week's round of negotiations ...
Oct 02, 2020
Germany approves third trial of COVID-19 vaccine candidate
BERLIN (Reuters) - Unlisted biotech firm IDT Biologika has won approval from Germany's vaccine regulator to become the third German company after BioNTech and CureVac to launch human trials of an expe...
Oct 02, 2020
