Author Archives: Syndicated Content
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
U.S. set to announce legal action on opioid maker
By Doina Chiacu and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday will announce legal action involving an opioid manufacturer, the department said in a statement as o...
Oct 21, 2020
UK says China seeking biggest maritime fleet in the world
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's defence minister said on Wednesday that China was seeking to build the world's biggest surface and subsurface maritime fleet. "China is growing the largest maritime surfac...
Oct 21, 2020
Naples teachers bring socially distanced school to streets and balconies
NAPLES, Italy (Reuters) - Since schools in the southern Italian region of Campania closed due to a surge in COVID-19 cases, teachers have been taking their classes to the streets to prevent students f...
Oct 21, 2020
