Author Archives: Syndicated Content
American citizen kidnapped in southern Niger, sources say
NIAMEY (Reuters) - An American citizen was kidnapped near the town of Birnin Konni in southern Niger in the early hours of Tuesday morning, three security sources and a local official told Reuters. Th...
Oct 27, 2020
Armenia says Karabakh forces quit town as U.S.-backed ceasefire appears to fail
By Nvard Hovhannisyan and Nailia Bagirova YEREVAN/BAKU (Reuters) - Armenia acknowledged overnight that Nagorno-Karabakh forces had withdrawn from a strategic town between the enclave and the Iranian b...
Oct 27, 2020
Protests flare in Philadelphia after police fatally shoot Black man
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Street protests broke out on Monday night in the western part of the U.S. city of Philadelphia, injuring four police, after police had shot and killed a Black man they sa...
Oct 27, 2020
Analysis: Wolves and weed - U.S. voters choose future of public lands
By Carey L. Biron WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Ricardo Cortes' oldest son started kindergarten at their neighbourhood school in Oakland, California, he was disheartened by the barren...
Oct 27, 2020
'Perfect storm': How Nigeria's peaceful police protests turned violent
By Alexis Akwagyiram LAGOS (Reuters) - Tears fill Ephraim Osinboyejo's eyes as he recalls the idealism that drove thousands of Nigerians like him into the streets to campaign against police brutality ...
Oct 27, 2020
U.S. agency needs new powers to protect local news industry: senator
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission needs new powers to protect the struggling U.S. local news industry from unfair competition from large technology companies...
Oct 27, 2020
Czech Republic reports 10,273 new COVID-19 cases, deaths climb by 164
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic reported 10,273 new COVID-19 cases on Monday as it faces one of Europe's biggest surges in infections, according to health ministry data,. The rise is the seventh...
Oct 27, 2020
Japan's cabinet approves measure to provide free COVID-19 vaccines to public: media
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's cabinet approved a plan on Tuesday to use public funds to provide COVID-19 vaccines to the public for free, the Nikkei newspaper reported. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has p...
Oct 27, 2020
Indonesia reports 3,520 new coronavirus infections, 101 deaths
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia reported 3,520 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, taking the total to 396,454, data from the country's COVID-19 task force showed. The data added 101 new deaths, taki...
Oct 27, 2020
Trust in UK news organisations tumbles during COVID-19 outbreak: Reuters Institute
LONDON (Reuters) - Less than half of Britain's people trust in news organisations as a source for COVID-19 information, the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism said. The level of trust has f...
Oct 27, 2020
