Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Jewish director sends message of hope in Pope Francis film
By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - After tackling war in Syria, Oscar-nominated Evgeny Afineevsky wanted his next documentary to send a message of hope, so he chose as its subject the only world lead...
Oct 21, 2020
OxyContin maker Purdue to plead guilty over opioid practices, deal sparks opposition
By Mike Spector NEW YORK (Reuters) - Purdue Pharma LP agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges over the handling of its addictive prescription opioid OxyContin, in a deal with U.S. prosecutors that ...
Oct 21, 2020
Policeman killed in Guinea violence after election results show Conde leading
CONAKRY (Reuters) - A policeman was killed in Guinea's capital Conakry on Wednesday during clashes with opposition supporters who burned barricades in the streets after initial results from Sunday's p...
Oct 21, 2020
Pope says homosexuals should be covered by civil union laws
ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis says in a new film released on Wednesday that homosexuals should be protected by civil union laws, in some of the clearest language he has used on the rights of gays. "Ho...
Oct 21, 2020
Britain's new polar ship, the Sir David Attenborough, set for sea trials
BIRKENHEAD, England (Reuters) - Britain's new polar ship, the Sir David Attenborough, will leave for sea trials on Wednesday to be put through its paces before making its maiden voyage to Antarctica l...
Oct 21, 2020
Obama-nominated judge to hear U.S. antitrust case against Google: filing
By Diane Bartz and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, who was nominated to the court by President Barack Obama, has been selected at random to hear the U.S. Justic...
Oct 21, 2020
Attacker paid students to identify French teacher before beheading, says prosecutor
PARIS (Reuters) - The Chechen teenager who beheaded a French teacher for showing caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad in class had paid students to identify him in front of the school, anti-terrorist p...
Oct 21, 2020
Analysis: Lack of antidotes adds to ethical dilemmas for UK COVID-19 challenge trials
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - UK scientists seeking approval to deliberately infect healthy people with COVID-19 in trials must first convince ethics specialists that, among other things, they ha...
Oct 21, 2020
EU leaders to hold COVID-19 video-conference October 29: officials
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders will hold a video-conference next week to discuss how to better cooperate against the COVID-19 pandemic as infections rise, two EU officials told Reuters on...
Oct 21, 2020
UK defence chief says the world doesn't stop if we have no strategy
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's defence minister said on Wednesday that the world does not stop for domestic "reviews" of national defence and that adversaries would be unlikely to be halted by an absenc...
Oct 21, 2020
