Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Egyptian activists appear in court following two-year detention
CAIRO (Reuters) - The trial of prominent Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and two others on charges of spreading fake news began on Monday, a judicial source said, following their detention for mor...
Oct 18, 2021
Jury selection to start in trial over killing of Black jogger in Georgia
By Rich McKay and Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - The judge overseeing the trial of three white men charged with murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black jogger, in Glynn County in coastal Georgia said potential j...
Oct 18, 2021
U.S. Energy Dept announces $105 million for small businesses to pursue clean energy deployment
(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Energy has announced $105 million in funding for small businesses to pursue the deployment of clean energy technologies. The projects range from energy technology an...
Oct 18, 2021
Lebanon tensions test Hezbollah-Aoun alliance
By Maha El Dahan and Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) - Worsening sectarian tensions in Lebanon are testing an alliance between Shi'ite Hezbollah and its Christian ally President Michel Aoun, who may lose g...
Oct 18, 2021
Nicaragua's upcoming vote will be 'fake', EU's Borrell says
By Robin Emmott LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - The European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday Nicaragua's Nov. 7 presidential elections are "fake" and organised by a dictatorship. "We ...
Oct 18, 2021
IMF staff, Ukraine reach deal that could pave way for $700 million disbursement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - International Monetary Fund staff and Ukrainian authorities have reached an agreement on economic reforms that will pave the way for a first review of Ukraine's 18-month stand-b...
Oct 18, 2021
Czech Senate chief says ailing president unable to fulfil duties
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech President Milos Zeman is currently unable to carry out his duties, the head of parliament's upper house said on Monday, citing a report he had requested from the hospital wher...
Oct 18, 2021
New York directs two cryptocurrency lending platforms to cease activity
(Reuters) - Two cryptocurrency lending platforms were asked to cease activities in New York by the state's attorney general on Monday and three other platforms were directed to provide information abo...
Oct 18, 2021
Cricket-Campher blazes through Netherlands with four wickets in four balls
(Reuters) - Ireland seamer Curtis Campher accomplished the rare feat of taking four wickets in four consecutive deliveries when he ran through the Netherlands middle order batting in their Twenty20 Wo...
Oct 18, 2021
Chile braces for protests as crossroads election nears
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's capital Santiago braced for protests on Monday to mark the second anniversary of the start of months of riots against inequality that left around 30 peop...
Oct 18, 2021
