Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK considered sending asylum seekers to south Atlantic, FT reports
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Britain considered a plan to send asylum seekers 4,000 miles away to holding centres on its remote overseas territories in the south Atlantic but the idea, describ...
Sep 30, 2020
Ex-FBI Director Comey to testify to U.S. Senate on Russia probe
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - Former FBI Director James Comey, one of the principal figures behind the U.S. investigation into links between Russia and President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign, will...
Sep 30, 2020
Ginseng piles up in Canada during pandemic despite Chinese demand
By Rod Nickel and Farah Master WINNIPEG, Manitoba/HONG KONG (Reuters) - The pandemic's crushing effect on international travel has grounded Canadian exports of ginseng, a root widely used in Asia to t...
Sep 30, 2020
U.S., Taiwan to team up on infrastructure in pushback against China
TAIPEI (Reuters) - The United States and Taiwan will work together on infrastructure projects in the Indo-Pacific region and Latin America, officials said on Wednesday, in an implicit pushback for Chi...
Sep 30, 2020
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Vaccine hopes Results from an early safety study of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine candidate in older adults showed that it pro...
Sep 30, 2020
Serena pulls out of French Open with Achilles injury
PARIS (Reuters) - Serena Williams withdrew from the French Open with an Achilles tendon injury on Wednesday shortly before she was supposed to face Tsvetana Pironkova in the second round on Wednesday....
Sep 30, 2020
Huawei ready to be ‘vivisected’ to show equipment does not pose security risks
ROME (Reuters) - China's Huawei is ready to be thoroughly examined to show that its technology does not pose any risk to the countries that will include its equipment in the creation of 5G networks, t...
Sep 30, 2020
Major blast heard all over Paris and nearby suburbs, source unclear
PARIS (Reuters) - A major blast was heard in Paris that reverberated over the entire city. Eyewitnesses reported their buildings rocking and people from several central districts as well as in nearby ...
Sep 30, 2020
Recording of Breonna Taylor grand jury proceedings in Kentucky to be released
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - A recording of grand jury proceedings into the death of Breonna Taylor is due to be made public on Wednesday, offering an inside look at the case presented by the Kentucky...
Sep 30, 2020
Flight of Hong Kong protesters piles pressure on Taiwan
By Reuters staff TAIPEI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - For some Hong Kong protesters, stripped of their passports and facing criminal charges, a perilous 600 km sea journey to Taiwan is their only hope of esca...
Sep 30, 2020
