Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK police seek to break up anti-lockdown protest in central London
LONDON (Reuters) - Several British police officers were hurt on Saturday when they ordered thousands of protesters at a central London anti-lockdown demonstration to disperse after they failed to resp...
Sep 26, 2020
UK records 6,042 new COVID-19 cases
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom recorded 6,042 new cases of COVID-19, official figures showed on Saturday, and 34 new deaths among those who tested positive for the virus within 28 days. (Report...
Sep 26, 2020
Cycling: Van der Breggen completes world championships double with road race title
IMOLA, Italy (Reuters) - Anna van der Breggen of the Netherlands claimed the road race gold medal in emphatic style at the world championships, prevailing after a long solo ride to add to her time tri...
Sep 26, 2020
Serbia commemorates daring World War Two airlift mission with monument
PRANJANI, Serbia (Reuters) - A monument shaped like a military transport plane was unveiled on a Serbian hillside on Saturday, commemorating the rescue of hundreds of allied pilots who were shot down ...
Sep 26, 2020
Auschwitz memorial director offers to share Nigerian boy’s blasphemy jail term
LAGOS (Reuters) - The head of Poland's Auschwitz Memorial has written to Nigeria's president offering to serve part of a 10-year jail term handed to a 13-year-old boy for blasphemy. Piotr Cywinski req...
Sep 26, 2020
Congolese security forces thwart rebel attempt to seize mining hub
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Pro-independence rebels tried to seize strategic buildings in the Congolese mining hub of Lubumbashi overnight, beheading two policemen and killing a soldier before security force...
Sep 26, 2020
UK universities grapple with spiralling COVID-19 outbreaks
By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - The University of Glasgow has offered a rent rebate to residents and support with securing food and medical supplies for self-isolating students in a sign of the huge...
Sep 26, 2020
France still trying to end Veolia, Suez dispute, says source
PARIS (Reuters) - The French state is still trying to end disagreements between utilities Veolia and Suez days ahead of a deadline, a source close to Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Saturday. ...
Sep 26, 2020
Thailand tackles unemployment with million jobs expo
By Orathai Sriring and Jiraporn Kuhakan BANGKOK (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Thais on Saturday flocked to a government-organised job expo with more than a million jobs up for grabs as it works to ...
Sep 26, 2020
Unusual French Open conditions will help Halep, says Navratilova
PARIS (Reuters) - The French Open's rescheduled dates will work in favour of top-seeded Romanian Simona Halep, who is fresh and confident going into the claycourt Grand Slam in Paris, tennis great Mar...
Sep 26, 2020
