Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Meet the 'QAnon' caucus: Conspiracy buffs on path to U.S. Congress
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives recently voted to condemn the pro-President Donald Trump online conspiracy theory known as "QAnon." But multiple QAnon-friend...
Oct 26, 2020
Croatia, Slovenia toughen anti-coronavirus measures
ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia has tightened measures this week to fight the coronavirus after exceeding 2,000 daily cases over the weekend, by ordering the use of masks outdoors and recommending work fro...
Oct 26, 2020
Senate likely to confirm Barrett to U.S. Supreme Court, cementing conservative majority
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate is expected on Monday to confirm President Donald Trump's nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, as the next justice to the Supreme ...
Oct 26, 2020
Technology matters, but how real are our virtual lives at work and play?
By Lauren Young NEW YORK - As our lives become more virtual with technology, how do gadgets define our identity at work, home and social circles at this unique moment in history? Mary L. Gray, an anth...
Oct 26, 2020
Super spooky: Halloween trick-or-treating amid COVID-19
By Barbara Goldberg (Reuters) - On a typical Halloween, Sarah Schwimmer would answer her door and put candy in the outstretched hands of costumed trick-or-treaters, but this year she will be shooting ...
Oct 26, 2020
Air strikes on Syrian rebel camp kill at least 35 people: sources
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Air strikes on a camp in northwest Syria run by rebel fighters backed by Turkey killed at least 35 people and wounded scores on Monday, a war monitor and a rebel source said. The re...
Oct 26, 2020
Microsoft quietly prepares to avoid spotlight under Biden
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp, which has largely evaded Washington's scrutiny of Big Tech companies and scored a lucrative $10 billion government contract under the Trump admin...
Oct 26, 2020
Canada court to hear witness testimony in Huawei CFO's U.S. extradition case
By Moira Warburton (Reuters) - A Canada court will hear witness testimony starting Monday as part of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou's legal battle to stop her extradition to the United St...
Oct 26, 2020
Iran reports COVID-19 death every five minutes, hospitals struggle
DUBAI (Reuters) - Hospitals in many Iranian provinces are running out of capacity to handle COVID-19 cases, health authorities say, with novel coronavirus now killing around 300 people a day or one pe...
Oct 26, 2020
Kurdish officials say they foiled attack on diplomats in northern Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq said on Monday they had foiled a plan to attack foreign diplomats in their autonomous regional capital of Erbil, more than a year after the kil...
Oct 26, 2020
