Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Saudi minister stresses bringing Israel, Palestinians into talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The main focus of Middle East peace efforts should be to bring Israel and the Palestinians back to the negotiating table, the Saudi foreign minister said on Thursday in a commen...
Oct 15, 2020
Canada invests in small modular nuclear technology, eyes net-zero future
By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government took a tentative step forward on its national small modular reactor (SMR) plan on Thursday, with an investment to help an Ontario company edg...
Oct 15, 2020
U.S. Senate's McConnell says coronavirus relief package will be passed either before or after election
(Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday that if a fresh COVID-19 relief package is not passed before the Nov. 3 election, it will be passed afterwards. "I think we nee...
Oct 15, 2020
'Jagged Little Pill' musical leads Tony nominations as Broadway remains dark
(Reuters) - The stage adaptation of Alanis Morissette's album "Jagged Little Pill," led nominations for the annual Tony Awards on Thursday although Broadway theatres remain dark in a prolonged pandemi...
Oct 15, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 216,025 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday reported 7,894,768 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 59,761 from its previous count, and said that the numb...
Oct 15, 2020
Tenth of pandemic stimulus spend could help world reach climate goals: study
By Matthew Green LONDON (Reuters) - The world could get on track to avert catastrophic climate change by investing a tenth of a planned $12 trillion in pandemic recovery packages in reducing dependenc...
Oct 15, 2020
Spain adds 13,300 COVID infections, Catalonia to shut bars, eateries
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's cumulative tally of coronavirus infections rose by over 13,300 on Thursday to 921,374 in a slight acceleration from the previous few days, as the region of Catalonia was pre...
Oct 15, 2020
France's new COVID-19 cases set new 24-hour record, above 30,000
PARIS (Reuters) - French health authorities on Thursday reported the number of new daily coronavirus infections jumped above 30,000 for the first time since the start of the epidemic. French President...
Oct 15, 2020
France's Renault draws down part of state-backed loan
PARIS (Reuters) - French carmaker Renault has drawn down part of a 5 billion-euro ($5.85 billion) loan guaranteed by the French government, put in place earlier this year to shore up its finances duri...
Oct 15, 2020
Twenty killed in northern Burkina Faso attacks, says government
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Armed groups have killed about 20 people in attacks on three villages in northern Burkina Faso, the government said in a statement on Thursday. The attacks on the villages of D...
Oct 15, 2020
