Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Five civilians killed in Baghdad rocket attack: Iraqi military
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi militia groups fired two Katyusha rockets on a house in Baghdad, killing two women and three children and wounding two other children, the Iraqi military said on Monday. The ...
Sep 28, 2020
Nigeria says Mali transition government yet to satisfy regional demands
ABUJA (Reuters) - West African states are not ready to lift sanctions on Mali because the leaders of an Aug. 18 coup have not yet satisfied all the demands for a handover of power to a fully civilian ...
Sep 28, 2020
WHO says 120 million rapid COVID-19 tests to be provided to poorer countries
(Reuters) - Some 120 million rapid diagnostic tests for COVID-19 will be made available to low- and middle-income countries over a period of six months and will be priced at a maximum of $5 per unit, ...
Sep 28, 2020
'Ashamed': Lebanese despair at leaders after Macron's rebuke
By Edmund Blair and Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese are in despair at their sectarian leaders who have left the nation without government during the worst crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war...
Sep 28, 2020
'Or gas them': Germany's far-right AfD fires official over migrant comment
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's hard right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party fired an official on Monday who had been caught on a hidden camera discussing gassing refugees. In footage, recorded secretl...
Sep 28, 2020
U.S. pension funds sue Allianz after $4 billion in coronavirus losses
By Tom Sims FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Pension funds for truckers, teachers and subway workers have lodged lawsuits in the United States against Germany's Allianz, one of the world's top asset managers, fo...
Sep 28, 2020
NTT to take full control of wireless unit NTT Docomo for $38 billion: Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese telecoms company Nippon Telegraph and Telephone will take full control of its wireless carrier business NTT Docomo Inc for 4 trillion yen ($37.89 billion), the Nikkei busine...
Sep 28, 2020
Fargo North-South girls’ hockey program debuts new Spruins mascot name and logo
Fargo Public Schools is proud to debut the new mascot nickname and logo for the Fargo North-South Girls' Hockey program. The team will officially be known as the Spruins. North-South Girls' Hockey tea...
Sep 28, 2020
Texas county on alert over brain-eating amoeba after death of six-year-old
(Reuters) - Texas has stepped up efforts to counter the threat posed by a brain-eating amoeba detected in the water supply of a coastal county that led to the death of a 6-year-old boy earlier this mo...
Sep 28, 2020
Democrats attack Trump on taxes ahead of first debate with Biden
By Susan Heavey and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON/WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - Democrats seized on a fresh line of attack on the eve of the first U.S. presidential election debate, accusing President Do...
Sep 28, 2020
