Author Archives: Syndicated Content
In a pandemic year, Mexico's Day of the Dead will be more subdued
By Josue Gonzalez MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Marigolds, known in Mexico as "the flower of the dead" for a scent believed be strong and sweet enough to attract souls and draw them back, are generally all ...
Oct 17, 2020
Fans allowed to attend more than half of Week 6 games
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) - For the first time this season more than half of this weekend's NFL games will welcome fans, the league said on Saturday as it oversees its 2020 campaign amid the COVID-19 p...
Oct 17, 2020
France's Macron says Armenia-Azerbaijan ceasefire must be respected
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday welcomed Armenia and Azerbaijan's agreement to a humanitarian ceasefire from midnight and stressed that it should be strictly respected b...
Oct 17, 2020
Armenia and Azerbaijan say they have agreed Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire
YEREVAN (Reuters) - Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to a humanitarian ceasefire from midnight, both countries said on Saturday night. "This decision was taken following the statement of the preside...
Oct 17, 2020
Nigerian army plans nationwide exercise as protests rock country
By Camillus Eboh and Alexis Akwagyiram ABUJA/LAGOS (Reuters) - The Nigerian army will begin a two-month national exercise, it said on Saturday, while denying the move was part of any security response...
Oct 17, 2020
Fed officials call for tougher regulation to prevent asset bubbles: FT
(Reuters) - Tougher U.S. financial regulation is needed to avoid the rise of excessive risk-taking and asset bubbles in the markets at a time when the Federal Reserve is keeping interest rates low, tw...
Oct 17, 2020
Anti-lockdowners protest as London COVID alert level is raised
LONDON (Reuters) - Anti-lockdown demonstrators gathered in central London on Saturday, hours after the British capital moved to the second highest COVID-19 alert level. As a second wave of infections ...
Oct 17, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 217,918 total deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday reported 8,028,332 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 70,078 from its previous count, and said the number of...
Oct 17, 2020
Lebanon's protest flame still flickers on anniversary of 'revolution'
By Imad Creidi BEIRUT (Reuters) - Demonstrators marched through Lebanon's capital on Saturday to mark the first anniversary of a protest movement that toppled the government but was then overwhelmed b...
Oct 17, 2020
Europe crosses 150,000 daily coronavirus cases mark, a week after reporting 100,000 daily cases
By Anurag Maan (Reuters) - Europe surpassed 150,000 daily coronavirus cases on Friday just a week after reporting 100,000 cases for the first time, according to Reuters tally, with countries such as F...
Oct 17, 2020
