Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Kidnapped politician, French aid worker to be freed in Mali prisoner swap
KIDAL, Mali (Reuters) - Mali will release scores of suspected Islamist insurgents in a prisoner exchange for opposition leader Soumaila Cisse and French aid worker Sophie Petronin, two security source...
Oct 05, 2020
Facebook, Belgian watchdog face off over who should police company
By Foo Yun Chee LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - Facebook and Belgium's privacy watchdog sparred on Monday at Europe's top court over which data protection authority has the power to police the U.S. social medi...
Oct 05, 2020
White House Press Secretary McEnany tests positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Monday she tested positive for COVID-19, adding that she would begin quarantining and that the White House medical unit does...
Oct 05, 2020
Technical problem with coronavirus data ongoing, says UK health minister
LONDON (Reuters) - British health minister Matt Hancock said on Monday a technical problem that stopped some positive test results from entering the contact tracing system was an ongoing incident but ...
Oct 05, 2020
Right to work from home splits German coalition parties
BERLIN (Reuters) - An initiative from Germany's Social Democrat labour minister to give people the right to work from home is facing opposition from Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and busine...
Oct 05, 2020
Palestinian business leader hopes UAE, Bahrain will press Israel to stop settlements
RAWABI, West Bank (Reuters) - A top Palestinian business executive said on Monday that new Gulf Arab ties with Israel, condemned by Palestinian leaders, could also be an opportunity to apply fresh pre...
Oct 05, 2020
Cycling: Thomas sunk, Yates dropped in Giro d'Italia stage three
MOUNT ETNA, Italy (Reuters) - Geraint Thomas's Giro d'Italia challenge was effectively over before the first climb on Monday after the Ineos-Grenadiers rider was dropped during the third stage followi...
Oct 05, 2020
First Black Canadian to head a federal party says victory can make politics more inclusive
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - New Green leader Annamie Paul, the first Black person to head a mainstream Canadian federal party, on Monday said her victory was a sign that politics could becom...
Oct 05, 2020
Ireland to resist lockdown, tighten COVID-19 restrictions: reports
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's government has rejected a surprise recommendation by its health chiefs to go into lockdown and will instead tighten current COVID-19 restrictions, local media reported on ...
Oct 05, 2020
UK COVID cases fall to 12,594 on Monday
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reported 12,594 new COVID-19 infections on Monday, down from 22,961 a day earlier when authorities said the jump was partly due to a technical problem. (Reporting by Andy Br...
Oct 05, 2020
