Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Lesotho PM appears in court to hear charges of murdering wife
MASERU (Reuters) - Lesotho's Prime Minister Thomas Thabane appeared in court on Monday to hear charges of murdering his estranged wife, a Reuters witness saw. Thabane had initially been scheduled to h...
Thomson Reuters Feb 24, 2020
Afghanistan confirms first case of coronavirus from three suspected
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan on Monday identified the country's first case of coronavirus as reported cases outside China jump. Ferozuddin Feroz, the minister of public health, ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 24, 2020
South Korea, U.S. defense chiefs to meet amid unresolved dispute on cost-sharing
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - With South Korea's defense minister due to meet his American counterpart on Monday in Washington, the U.S. military doubled down on calls for Seoul to pay more in defen...
Thomson Reuters Feb 24, 2020
Nepal's Sherpa climbers to make rare winter ascent of Everest
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Four veteran Sherpa climbers left on Monday for Mount Everest on a mission to climb the world's highest mountain in five days from the Nepali side, aiming to set ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 24, 2020
Iraqi nurse spends her weekends stitching wounds at protest site
By Saba Kareem BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Hannaa Jassem bends over a patient in a makeshift clinic on the edge of Baghdad's Tahrir Square, one of a handful of women in an overwhelmingly male world of demonst...
Thomson Reuters Feb 24, 2020
Coroner refers fatal Australian theme park accident to prosecutor
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian theme park on Monday was referred to an industrial prosecutor by the coroner looking into an accident on a river rapids ride that killed four people, say...
Thomson Reuters Feb 24, 2020
U.S. extradition bid for Assange to go before a British court
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - A British court begins hearings on Monday to decide whether Julian Assange should be extradited to the United States almost a decade after his WikiLeaks website en...
Thomson Reuters Feb 24, 2020
Italy's UniCredit says Mustier to stay on as CEO
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's biggest bank UniCredit said on Monday Chief Executive Jean Pierre Mustier had confirmed he would remain in his role, following media reports that he was being considered for ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 24, 2020
Coronavirus concerns spur odd market moves
By Ira Iosebashvili and Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some asset prices are moving together in unusual ways, an indication that investors may be preparing their portfolios for a coronavirus-l...
Thomson Reuters Feb 24, 2020
Mapping coronavirus: South Koreans turn to online tracking as cases surge
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - As the new coronavirus spreads in South Korea, private software developers have set up websites and apps to help people track cases and shun places where infected peopl...
Thomson Reuters Feb 24, 2020