Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Indian firm, Bollywood's Akshay Kumar to launch tactical mobile game after PUBG ban
By Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An Indian firm is set to launch a battle royale mobile videogame in partnership with Bollywood star Akshay Kumar, capitalizing on the void left by a ban on C...
Sep 04, 2020
Highlights: U.S. Open day five
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Highlights of the fifth day at the U.S. Open in New York on Friday. The Grand Slam is being played without spectators due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Times ET; GMT-4): 1240 MARTIC ...
Sep 04, 2020
U.S. judge rejects Ghosn's accused escape plotters' extradition challenge
BOSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday ruled that two Massachusetts men can be legally extradited to Japan to face charges they helped former Nissan Motor Co Chairman Carlos Ghosn flee the country ...
Sep 04, 2020
Truworths to close around half of British shoe chain Office's stores
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Truworths International Ltd plans to close about 58 of its loss-making Office shoe stores in Britain, its CEO said on Friday, with an overhaul of the remainder ...
Sep 04, 2020
Ethiopia's Tigray region to holds poll, defying federal government
By Giulia Paravicini ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's northern Tigray region will head to the polls on Wednesday in defiance of the federal government, the latest challenge to Prime Minister Abiy Ah...
Sep 04, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 186,173 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday said the number of deaths due to the new coronavirus had risen by 1,081 to 186,173 and reported 6,132,074 cases, an incr...
Sep 04, 2020
Libyan families file U.S. lawsuit accusing LNA leader Haftar of war crimes
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Libyan families filed a civil lawsuit in a U.S. federal court late on Thursday accusing Khalifa Haftar, commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), of war ...
Sep 04, 2020
Bahrain to allow entry to people from neighbouring Gulf countries, visa holders
CAIRO (Reuters) - Bahrain will now allow residents from neighbouring Gulf countries as well as holders of electronic visas and those eligible for visas on arrival, its airport authority said on Friday...
Sep 04, 2020
Factbox: The masks of Naomi Osaka at the U.S. Open
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former champion Naomi Osaka is wearing a different facemask for each of her matches at the U.S. Open this year. They each carry the name of a Black American and aim to highlight r...
Sep 04, 2020
Netanyahu says Kosovo to open Israel embassy in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that Kosovo has agreed to open its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem, making it the first country with a Muslim majority to ...
Sep 04, 2020
