Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Facebook services down in Bangladesh amid protests against Modi visit
By Ruma Paul and Devjyot Ghoshal COX'S BAZAR (Reuters) - Facebook said its services in Bangladesh were shut down on Saturday, as hundreds of hardline Islamists marched across the country, angered by t...
Mar 27, 2021
Convoy of fleeing civilians ambushed in besieged Mozambique town
By Manuel Mucari MAPUTO (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist insurgents attacked a convoy of fleeing civilians, including foreign workers, as fighting continued on Friday in a northern Mozambique town that ...
Mar 27, 2021
China announces sanctions on individuals, entities in U.S., Canada
BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Saturday announced sanctions on individuals and entities in the United States and Canada, in response to sanctions imposed on Chinese citizens and groups over Xinjiang. Ch...
Mar 27, 2021
Egypt revises death toll from train crash
CAIRO (Reuters) - The death toll from a collision of two trains in central Egypt on Friday has been revised to 19, from 32, Egypt's health minister said in a statement on Saturday. The number of peopl...
Mar 27, 2021
Volkswagen recalls Audi A3s in the U.S. over air bag concerns
BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen has issued a recall for more than 150,000 Audi vehicles in the United States on concerns that their passenger air bags might not activate, according to a filing to the Na...
Mar 27, 2021
U.S. Afghanistan envoy heads to Turkey and region to push talks to end conflict
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad has departed for Turkey and the region, the U.S. State Department said on Saturday, in a push to encourage Afghan parties...
Mar 27, 2021
Lebanon's largest Christian bloc warns against sidelining president
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's largest Christian bloc, the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), warned prime minister-designate Saad al-Hariri on Saturday against sidelining President Michel Aoun and other pa...
Mar 27, 2021
Greece expects first tranche of EU recovery funds by August
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece expects the first tranche of about 4 billion euros ($4.7 billion) from a European Union recovery fund by August, deputy finance minister Theodore Skylakakis said on Saturday,...
Mar 27, 2021
Paris, EU near deal on Air France bailout conditions: report
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government and the European Union's executive are close to an agreement on the terms of a bailout for Air France, which like other carriers has been hammered by the corona...
Mar 27, 2021
UK's Johnson says no reason to change COVID-19 unlocking plans
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday said he saw nothing in the COVID-19 data to change his plans for a piecemeal easing of lockdown in England, with the next major step...
Mar 27, 2021
