Author Archives: Syndicated Content
'Gone With The Wind' star Olivia de Havilland dies aged 104
LONDON (Reuters) - "Gone With the Wind" star Olivia de Havilland, whose acting career included two Academy Awards, a victory over Hollywood's studio system and a long-running feud with sister Joan Fon...
Jul 26, 2020
Explosions hit military base in southern Baghdad, Iraqi military says
(Reuters) - At least two explosions hit a military base in Baghdad's southern suburbs on Sunday, the Iraqi military said in a statement, without providing any further details. Security sources said mu...
Jul 26, 2020
Daredevil divers plunge from Bosnian bridge in centuries-old tradition
By Dado Ruvic MOSTAR, Bosnia (Reuters) - Divers hurled themselves from a 24-metre (79-ft) high Ottoman-era bridge in the Bosnian town of Mostar on Sunday, staging a centuries-old contest even though t...
Jul 26, 2020
Mexican state health minister dies after being hospitalized for COVID-19
By Laura Gottesdiener MONTERREY (Reuters) - The health minister of the Mexican state of Chihuahua, Dr. Jesus Grajeda, has died, Chihuahua's governor said on Sunday, nearly two weeks after Grajeda was ...
Jul 26, 2020
Israeli government budget and bond manager to resign
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Accountant General Rony Hizkiyahu, who for the past three and a half years has overseen the country's finances and handled government bond offerings, announced on Sunday ...
Jul 26, 2020
Latin America leads world in coronavirus cases, Reuters count shows
By Daniela Desantis and Javier Leira ASUNCION/SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Coronavirus cases in Latin America for the first time have surpassed the combined infections in the United States and Canada, a Reute...
Jul 26, 2020
Putin, Zelenskiy discuss conflict in eastern Ukraine on eve of ceasefire
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy discussed the conflict in eastern Ukraine and both expressed support for a ceasefire that starts on July 27, their...
Jul 26, 2020
Moderna gets further $472 million U.S. award for coronavirus vaccine development
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc said on Sunday it has received an additional $472 million from the U.S. government's Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to support development of it...
Jul 26, 2020
Florida records 9,300 new coronavirus cases, blows past New York
By Diane Craft (Reuters) - Florida on Sunday became the second state after California to overtake New York, the worst-hit state at the start of the U.S. novel coronavirus outbreak, according to a Reut...
Jul 26, 2020
'Delicious taxes': Thai protesters use Japanese cartoon hamster to mock government
By Patpicha Tanakasempipat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Hundreds of Thai protesters sang a Japanese cartoon jingle on Sunday with lyrics mocking the government as hungry hamsters feasting on taxpayer cash, par...
Jul 26, 2020
