Author Archives: Syndicated Content
'All I could do was fear for my life', says Belarus singer who fled to Kyiv
By Margaryta Chornokondratenko and Sergiy Karazy KYIV, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Belarusian electro-folk singer Rusia Shukiurava fled Minsk in early September but every sight of a police officer or sound of a...
Oct 06, 2020
Finland's COVID-19 cases hit new daily record
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland reported on Tuesday its highest daily number of COVID-19 infections since the start of the pandemic and they now exceed the rate that Helsinki sets for other countries bef...
Oct 06, 2020
Athletics: Cheptegei takes aim at 10,000m record in Valencia
VALENCIA (Reuters) - Less than two months after breaking the 5,000 metres world record, Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei is setting his sights on the 10,000m mark at a special event in Valencia on Wednesday. ...
Oct 06, 2020
Russia detains serviceman and his brother for passing state secrets to Estonia
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Tuesday it had detained a serviceman and his brother in the country's west for having allegedly passed state secrets to Estonia. A cr...
Oct 06, 2020
UAE surpasses 100,000 coronavirus infections
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates, with a population of around 9.9 million people, surpassed 100,000 recorded cases of COVID-19 infection on Tuesday. The UAE, whose tally stands at 100,794 in...
Oct 06, 2020
UK watchdog bans Bitcoin-based products for retail investors
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's financial watchdog said on Tuesday it will ban the sale to retail investors of products that track the price of cryptoassets like Bitcoin, saying most people lose money on...
Oct 06, 2020
Exclusive: EU exploring using bond auctions for pandemic-linked debt sales
By Yoruk Bahceli AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The European Commission is exploring using auctions to sell bonds as it prepares to ramp up debt issuance to finance the European Union's post-pandemic recovery ...
Oct 06, 2020
Justin time: Vikings have full trust in rookie WR Jefferson
By: Dave Campbell MINNEAPOLIS - With the Minnesota Vikings clutching a one-possession lead in their own territory early in the fourth quarter at Houston, Kirk Cousins sent a deep throw on third-and-6 ...
Oct 06, 2020
Erdogan tells Merkel EU summit resolution was not enough: Ankara
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told German Chancellor Angela Merkel that last week's European Union summit decisions were not sufficient to overcome problems in relations betwee...
Oct 06, 2020
Channeling 'anger into art', artists in Beirut process blast
By Ayat Basma and Imad Creidi BEIRUT (Reuters) - On the day of the Beirut explosion two months ago, 54-year-old Nabil Debs was busy planning the opening of his boutique hotel which had been in the wor...
Oct 06, 2020
