Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pope names new cardinals, putting his stamp on Church's future
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, leaving his mark on the Roman Catholic Church into the future, named 13 cardinals from eight countries on Sunday, including nine who are eligi...
Oct 25, 2020
Lebanese Christian cleric to Hariri: avoid 'secret deals' in forming cabinet
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's top Christian cleric urged Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri on Sunday to avoid back-door deals and to quickly form a new government that will start lifting the coun...
Oct 25, 2020
Lithuanian opposition scents victory in run-off vote
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuanians returned to the polls on Sunday for the second round of a parliamentary election where the centre-right opposition expects victory as unemployment and ...
Oct 25, 2020
Italy orders bars and restaurants to close early as COVID rates surge
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy on Sunday ordered bars and restaurants to close by 6 p.m. and shut public gyms, cinemas and swimming pools to try to halt a rapid resurgence in the coronavirus that has pushed ...
Oct 25, 2020
Cenovus to buy Husky for $2.9 billion to create No.3 Canadian energy firm; more deals seen
By Ann Maria Shibu and Rod Nickel (Reuters) - Cenovus Energy Inc has agreed to buy rival Husky Energy Inc in an all-stock deal valued at C$3.8 billion ($2.9 billion) to create Canada's No. 3 oil and g...
Oct 25, 2020
Analysis: Fighting talk as besieged Thai loyalists try to rally
By Chayut Setboonsarng and Matthew Tostevin BANGKOK (Reuters) - #KingKeepFighting was the hashtag used by the embattled Thai prime minister's operations centre at the weekend on a Twitter post with pi...
Oct 25, 2020
Malaysia's king rejects PM Muhyiddin's request to impose emergency rule
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's king Al Sultan-Abdullah on Sunday rejected a proposal by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin for a state of emergency to be imposed because of the coronavirus crisis. T...
Oct 25, 2020
Israeli cabinet approves Bahrain accord, parliament vote pending
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet on Sunday approved Israel's normalisation accord with Bahrain, which now awaits parliamentary ratification, a cabinet statement said. ...
Oct 25, 2020
Cenovus to buy Husky for $2.9 billion to create No.3 Canadian energy firm; more deals seen
By Ann Maria Shibu (Reuters) - Cenovus Energy Inc has agreed to buy rival Husky Energy Inc in an all-stock deal valued at C$3.8 billion ($2.9 billion) to create Canada's No. 3 oil and gas producer as ...
Oct 25, 2020
Protesters return to Bangkok streets to pressure PM
By Panu Wongcha-um and Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thousands of people protested in the centre of Thailand's capital Bangkok on Sunday in the first demonstration since Prime Minister Prayu...
Oct 25, 2020
