Author Archives: Syndicated Content
France moves to shield its book industry from Amazon
By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) - Sophie Fornairon's independent bookshop has survived the rise of Amazon thanks to a French law that prohibits price discounting on new books, but she says the e-c...
Oct 25, 2021
Germany says it has not received official expulsion order from Turkey
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has not received any official expulsion order for its ambassador in Turkey but acknowledged Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's statements with concern, ministry and governme...
Oct 25, 2021
French President Macron calls for immediate release of Sudan Prime Minister
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday condemned the coup attempt in Sudan and called for the immediate release of the Sudanese Prime Minister and civilian members of the governm...
Oct 25, 2021
Motorcycling-Quartararo finds redemption in 2021 after year of disappointment
By Rohith Nair (Reuters) - Fabio Quartararo had never won a title in Moto3 or Moto2 but on Sunday the Yamaha rider became the first Frenchman to win the MotoGP world championship in spectacular and un...
Oct 25, 2021
Islamic State woman who allowed Yazidi child to die gets 10 years in German jail
BERLIN (Reuters) - A Munich court on Monday sentenced a German woman, who had allowed a young Yazidi girl to die of thirst, to 10 years in prison after finding her guilty of supporting Islamic State m...
Oct 25, 2021
Lebanese judge charges dozens over fatal Beirut clashes
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Lebanese judge on Monday charged 68 people including 18 detainees with murder and incitement to sectarian strife over fatal clashes this month in Beirut, Lebanon's National News a...
Oct 25, 2021
Indonesia in talks to buy Merck's COVID-19 antiviral pill - minister
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia is "finalising" a deal with Merck & Co to procure its experimental antiviral pills, named molnupiravir, to treat COVID-19 ailments, its health minister said on Monday. Re...
Oct 25, 2021
Afghan women lawyers on the run face life in limbo abroad
By Karolina Tagaris ATHENS (Reuters) - When the Taliban seized Afghanistan, lawyer Bibi Chaman Hafizi heard the militants were going door to door, hunting for people who worked for the state, so she b...
Oct 25, 2021
Soccer-Premier League talking points
(Reuters) - Talking points from the Premier League weekend: IS SOLSKJAER READY TO DROP RONALDO? After Manchester United's humiliating 5-0 defeat by Liverpool on Sunday, manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer fa...
Oct 25, 2021
S.Africa's Aspen aims to expand vaccine capacity to 1.3 billion doses a year
GQEBERHA, South Africa (Reuters) - South Africa's Aspen Pharmacare wants to increase vaccine manufacturing capacity at its domestic plant to 1.3 billion doses a year, CEO Stephen Saad told a news conf...
Oct 25, 2021
