Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Dutch king cuts short vacation in Greece after criticism
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands' King Willem-Alexander and his wife cut short a vacation to Greece on Friday after coming under criticism for travelling during the coronavirus pandemic. "We see ...
Oct 16, 2020
Obama to campaign for Biden in Philadelphia on Oct. 21
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Barack Obama is scheduled to campaign for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in Philadelphia next week ahead of the Nov. 3 election against President D...
Oct 16, 2020
Malta tightens COVID-19 restrictions, makes wearing masks mandatory
VALLETTA (Reuters) - Malta is making the wearing of face masks mandatory in public and ordering clubs, bars and places of entertainment to close at 11 p.m. to reduce the spread of COVID-19, Prime Mini...
Oct 16, 2020
Deposition of U.S. Homeland Security whistleblower unlikely before election, lawyer says
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A whistleblower and former official at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, who alleges he was pressured to stop providing assessments of Russian electora...
Oct 16, 2020
Pompeo seeks reversal of 'provocative' North Cyprus move to reopen Varosha
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U..S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo voiced deep concern about Northern Cyprus' reopening part of a beachfront resort abandoned since Turkey invaded the island in 1974, calling ...
Oct 16, 2020
French president Macron to visit area where teacher's throat was slit
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron will visit the Paris suburb where a teacher's throat was slit by a man shouting "Allahu Akbar", or "God is Greatest", BFM TV reported. BFM said Macro...
Oct 16, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 216,917 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday reported 7,958,254 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 63,486 from its previous count, and said that the number...
Oct 16, 2020
NFL rushing leader Cook out for Vikings with groin injury
EAGAN, Minn. - NFL leading rusher Dalvin Cook will sit out Minnesota's game on Sunday against Atlanta because of a groin injury, giving Alexander Mattison the opportunity for his first career start at...
Oct 16, 2020
Veteran Warner Bros. TV executive Roth to step down next year
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran television executive Peter Roth will leave his job as chairman of Warner Bros. Television Group in 2021, the AT&T Inc-owned studio said in a statement on Friday. Roth, ...
Oct 16, 2020
U.S. 2020 fiscal year deficit hits record $3.132 trillion: Treasury
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. budget deficit hit a record $3.132 trillion during fiscal 2020, more than triple the 2019 shortfall, as a result of massive coronavirus rescue spending, the U.S. Treasu...
Oct 16, 2020
