Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pompeo urges Saudi Arabia to consider normalizing relations with Israel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday urged Saudi Arabia to consider normalizing relations with Israel as he met with the Gulf country's foreign minister, also saying...
Oct 14, 2020
Portugal imposes tougher COVID-19 measures as virus spreads
By Catarina Demony and Victoria Waldersee LISBON (Reuters) - Tougher measures will be imposed in Portugal from Thursday onwards to contain record levels of coronavirus cases, including stricter limits...
Oct 14, 2020
Athletics: Canada withdraws team from world half-marathon championships
(Reuters) - Canada has pulled its team out of the world half-marathon championships in Poland this weekend over COVID-19 health and safety concerns, Athletics Canada said on Wednesday. A five-member t...
Oct 14, 2020
Rwanda in talks with EU, U.S. firms to produce cannabis for export
By Clement Uwiringiyimana KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwanda is in talks with four European and American companies about growing and processing cannabis for export to meet rising pharmaceutical demand for the ...
Oct 14, 2020
Turkish arms sales to Azerbaijan surged before Nagorno-Karabakh fighting
By Ece Toksabay ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's military exports to its ally Azerbaijan have risen six-fold this year, with sales of drones and other military equipment rising to $77 million last month al...
Oct 14, 2020
French cosmetics group L'Oreal names Hieronimus as new chief
PARIS (Reuters) - French cosmetics group L'Oreal will name deputy Chief Executive Nicolas Hieronimus as its new CEO, replacing long-time boss Jean-Paul Agon. Hieronimus will take the group's operation...
Oct 14, 2020
U.S. border encounters tick up in September: source
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The number of migrants U.S. authorities encountered at the border with Mexico ticked up to around 57,000 in September, a source with knowledge of the data said. Irregular immig...
Oct 14, 2020
Czech hospitals ramp up COVID wards to cope with Europe's biggest surge
By Jan Lopatka SLANY/PRIBRAM, Czech Republic (Reuters) - Czech hospitals are converting general wards into COVID-19 units and cancelling non-urgent procedures to cope with a surge in patients, as the ...
Oct 14, 2020
Eli Lilly says other COVID-19 antibody drug trials ongoing after study halted for safety concern
By Carl O'Donnell and Michael Erman (Reuters) - Eli Lilly & Co on Wednesday said other trials of its experimental coronavirus antibody therapy remain on track after a government-run study testing the ...
Oct 14, 2020
Israel approves first new settler homes since suspending annexation
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel approved more than 1,300 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday in the first such go-ahead since it suspended annexation plans in the territory. The deci...
Oct 14, 2020
