Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Iraq military says outlaw group fired rockets into Baghdad's Green Zone, no casualties
Baghdad (Reuters) - The Iraqi military said that an "outlaw group" fired rockets at Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Sunday. The rockets hit a residential complex inside the Green Zone, damag...
Dec 20, 2020
Lebanon's airline warns of new ticket challenge facing dollar account holders
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The head of Lebanon's airline said on Sunday the carrier would at some point need to demand payment for tickets bought in Lebanon using "fresh dollars", or recently transferred curr...
Dec 20, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 315,260 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday reported 17,592,760 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 201,490 from its previous count, and said that the numb...
Dec 20, 2020
Rockets targeting U.S. Embassy land inside Baghdad's Green Zone - security sources
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least three Katyusha rockets landed in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone in an attack targeting the U.S. Embassy, two Iraqi security sources said on Sunday. Sirens blared f...
Dec 20, 2020
U.S. lawmakers expected to back $15 billion in airlines payroll assistance
By David Shepardson and Tracy Rucinski WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The bipartisan legislative deal expected to be unveiled by U.S. lawmakers on Sunday will grant U.S. airlines $15 billion in new payroll as...
Dec 20, 2020
Tunisia militants behead shepherd near Algeria border
CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamist militants kidnapped and beheaded a young shepherd in mountains in Tunisia near the border with Algeria on Sunday, security sources and residents said. Troops found the body ...
Dec 20, 2020
Germany has not yet identified coronavirus mutation reported in Britain - minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has not detected the new coronavirus strain that has been identified in Britain, Health Minister Jens Spahn told public broadcaster ARD on Sunday. "It (the mutation) has not...
Dec 20, 2020
No question Russia behind hack on U.S., Schiff says - MSNBC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There is no question that Russia is behind the recent hacking campaign against the United States, the head of the U.S. House of Representatives intelligence panel said on Sunday...
Dec 20, 2020
Doping-Russian former weightlifting world champion Kashirina suspended - report
(Reuters) - Russia's five-times world champion weightlifter and Olympic medallist Tatiana Kashirina has been temporarily suspended for an anti-doping rule violation, Russian news agency TASS reported ...
Dec 20, 2020
AP Top 25: Notre Dame over A&M in final regular-season poll
By: Ralph D. Russo Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State topped the final Associated Press college football poll of the regular season Sunday with No. 4 Notre Dame comfortably ahead of No. 5 Texas A&M. ...
Dec 20, 2020
