Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Macron launches crackdown on 'Islamist separatism' in Muslim communities
By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron pledged on Friday to fight "Islamist separatism" which he said was threatening to take control in some Muslim communities around France. Fran...
Oct 02, 2020
Putin, Lukashenko confident Belarus problems will soon be resolved: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko discussed the post-election situation in Belarus on Friday and voiced confidence that "the probl...
Oct 02, 2020
COVID-19 epidemic in Europe worrying, EU Commission head says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said the COVID-19 epidemic in Europe was again worrying and it remained necessary to remain focused on tackling it. "The...
Oct 02, 2020
EU leaders call for ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh region: Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) - European leaders discussed the newly flared-up fighting between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces in the Nagorno-Karabakh region and aim for a ceasefire as soon as possible, Ger...
Oct 02, 2020
Restaurant owners protest in Paris over fears of COVID shutdown
PARIS (Reuters) - Restaurateurs and their staff on Friday stood in front of their restaurants in Paris wearing black arm-bands and banging pots and pans, urging the French government not to order tigh...
Oct 02, 2020
Athletes' union welcomes WADA's revised recreational drugs list
(Reuters) - The World Players Association (WPA) said athletes who tested positive for recreational drugs would no longer be left to suffer with their careers in jeopardy following changes to WADA's li...
Oct 02, 2020
Putin critic Navalny's approval rating surges in wake of poisoning
By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) - One-fifth of Russians now approve of poisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, according to an opinion poll published on Friday, a figure more than twice as high a...
Oct 02, 2020
Hardest months of coronavirus are still ahead of us, Merkel says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The latest figures on coronavirus infections are worrying, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told a Brussels news conference on Friday, adding that worst months of the pandemic were...
Oct 02, 2020
Malaysia's king discharged from hospital: state news agency
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's King Al-Sultan Abdullah was discharged from hospital on Friday after treatment for food poisoning and sports injuries, state news agency Bernama reported. The king ...
Oct 02, 2020
No breakthrough, but Brexit deal still possible, Merkel says
BERLIN (Reuters) - Signs that Britain might be going back on the withdrawal agreement on the terms of its departure from the European Union are "bitter" but there is still scope for an agreement to be...
Oct 02, 2020
