Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Iran court upholds jail term for UK-Iranian aid worker, lawyer says
DUBAI (Reuters) - An Iranian appeals court has upheld a one-year prison term for British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on security offences, her lawyer was quoted by an Iranian news web...
Oct 16, 2021
Soccer-Leicester storm back to sink Man United 4-2 in thriller
LEICESTER, England (Reuters) -Leicester City fired on all cylinders late on to beat Manchester United 4-2 at home in the Premier League on Saturday, ending a four-match winless run and piling more pre...
Oct 16, 2021
Soccer-Silva and De Bruyne give City win over Burnley
By Simon Evans MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -Bernardo Silva and Kevin De Bruyne were on target as Manchester City beat Burnley 2-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday to stay within a point of Premier ...
Oct 16, 2021
Czechs want to know what's wrong with their ill president
By Jan Lopatka PRAGUE (Reuters) - When Vaclav Havel nearly died of a ruptured intestine as Czech president in 1998, doctors provided daily updates on his condition. Nearly a quarter of a century later...
Oct 16, 2021
Lebanese justice minister says blast probe judge has full authority - Al Jadeed television
CAIRO (Reuters) - Lebanese Justice Minister Henry Khoury said on Saturday that Beirut blast probe judge Tarek Bitar has full authority in the case and has the right to summon whoever he wants, Al Jade...
Oct 16, 2021
Britain records 43,423 new COVID cases, 148 deaths
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reported 43,423 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, government statistics showed, with the total number of cases recorded between Oct. 10 and Oct. 16 up 12.8% from the previous ...
Oct 16, 2021
Tesla's Musk dials into Volkswagen executive conference
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Tesla boss Elon Musk has addressed 200 Volkswagen executives via a video call after an invitation from the German carmaker's CEO Herbert Diess, who wants to galvanise VW's top br...
Oct 16, 2021
Italy's unions rally against neo-fascist groups after violent protests
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's biggest workers' unions rallied in Rome on Saturday and called on the government to dissolve the neo-fascist groups involved in last weekend's violent protests against the COV...
Oct 16, 2021
Pope pledges to continue being a 'pest' in defence of the poor
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Saturday he realises some people, including within the Church, consider him to be "a pest" for defending the poor and most vulnerable, ...
Oct 16, 2021
Saudi Arabia's PIF launches offshore platform tourism project
CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund, announced on Saturday the launch of "THE RIG", which it said would be the world's first tourism destination on offsh...
Oct 16, 2021
