Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Iran sees no arms buying spree as it expects U.N. embargo to end
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran said it was self-reliant in its defense and had no need to go on a weapons buying spree as a United Nations conventional arms embargo was due to expire on Sunday despite strong ...
Oct 17, 2020
Thousands protest Trump's Supreme Court pick at Washington Women's March
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands marched to the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Saturday to commemorate the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and protest President Donald Trump's rush to push throu...
Oct 17, 2020
Lobster facility fire in Nova Scotia 'suspicious,' Canadian minister says
(Reuters) - Canadian Public Safety Minister Bill Blair on Saturday said a fire that destroyed a lobster facility in southwest Nova Scotia was "suspicious", adding that he has authorized more Royal Can...
Oct 17, 2020
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
