Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Woman admits plotting to bomb St. Paul's cathedral in London
LONDON (Reuters) - A woman has pleaded guilty to two terrorism offences, including scoping out St Paul's cathedral in London as a possible bomb target, police said on Friday. Safiyya Shaikh, 36, of Ha...
Feb 21, 2020
Kazakh poachers sentenced to life for murdering ranger
ALMATY (Reuters) - A Kazakh court on Friday sentenced three poachers to life in prison for murdering a state ranger who attempted to stop them from hunting endangered saiga antelope, a case that drew ...
Feb 21, 2020
Global telcos join Alphabet, SoftBank's flying cellphone antenna lobbying effort
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - Alphabet and SoftBank's attempts to launch flying cellphone antennas high into the atmosphere have received backing from global telcos, energizing lobbying efforts aime...
Feb 21, 2020
Fund managers look for value in high-priced consumer sector
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) - Expectations that spending on items ranging from hotels to clothing will continue to rise have helped make consumer discretionary stocks the most expensive sector...
Feb 21, 2020
Pakistan expects reprieve at global anti-terror financing meeting
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan hopes to secure a four-month reprieve at a global meeting on anti-terrorism financing in Paris on Friday where a decision whether or not to blacklist the...
Feb 21, 2020
Re-arrested Turkish businessman accuses Erdogan of intervening in case
By Ece Toksabay ANKARA (Reuters) - Prominent Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala, re-arrested this week hours after being acquitted over his role in nationwide 2013 protests, said on Friday President ...
Feb 21, 2020
Japan's indigenous Ainu dance dropped from opening ceremony
TOKYO (Reuters) - Olympic organisers have dropped a dance by Japan's indigenous Ainu people from the opening ceremony of this year's Games in Tokyo, a representative of the group said on Friday. "Ainu...
Feb 21, 2020
Turning point of coronavirus outbreak in China has not come: politburo
BEIJING (Reuters) - The turning point of coronavirus outbreak in China has not come yet and the situation in Hubei province remained severe and complex, the state television quoted a politburo meeting...
Feb 21, 2020
Germany's SPD eyes state vote win after Merkel party crisis
BERLIN (Reuters) - A leadership crisis in Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party could help her Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners and the Greens in a state vote on Sunday, the first elec...
Feb 21, 2020
Pungent durian stack up in Malaysia as coronavirus freezes China demand
By Mei Mei Chu KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A shortage of labour and electrical power outlets in backed-up Chinese ports as a result of the coronavirus outbreak is disrupting shipments of frozen durian fr...
Feb 21, 2020
