Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Sweden to allow underwater investigation of Estonia wreck site
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden said on Friday it would allow an underwater examination of the ferry Estonia, which sank in the Baltic 26 years ago with the loss of 852 lives, after a documentary film sh...
Dec 18, 2020
Berlin rejigs film festival for pandemic times
BERLIN (Reuters) - Berlin became the first of next year's big European film festivals to bow to the coronavirus pandemic, announcing it would hold a reduced, online-only programme in March, a month la...
Dec 18, 2020
Senior Chinese diplomat Wang says U.S. should replace sanctions with dialogue
(Reuters) - The United States should choose dialogue and consultation with China instead of pursuing "unacceptable" unilateral sanctions against Chinese companies, China's State Councillor and foreign...
Dec 18, 2020
Swiss gov't closes restaurants, tells people to stay home to fight virus
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss government ordered all restaurants, sports and recreation centres closed for a month from Tuesday and urged people to stay home to curb stubbornly high coronavirus infecti...
Dec 18, 2020
Saudi-Led coalition destroys an Iranian-made mine in southern Red Sea - state TV
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Saudi-Led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Friday it destroyed a marine mine laid by Iran-aligned Houthis in the southern Red Sea, and that the mine is Iranian-made, Saudi sta...
Dec 18, 2020
Bulgaria expels Russian diplomat over espionage
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry has given a Russian diplomat 72 hours to leave the country after prosecutors alleged he has been involved in espionage in the Balkan country since 2017, i...
Dec 18, 2020
Volkswagen adjusting production amid semiconductor shortage
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany's Volkswagen said on Friday it faced a shortage in the supply of semiconductors and would adjust production at facilities in China, North America and Europe. Semiconductor...
Dec 18, 2020
Analysis-Spillover from Tigray conflict adds to pressure on Sudan
By Khalid Abdelaziz, Ali Mirghani and Nafisa Eltahir KHARTOUM/DUBAI (Reuters) - Clashes along Sudan's eastern border and the influx of tens of thousands of refugees from neighbouring Ethiopia have add...
Dec 18, 2020
'Invisible shipwrecks' belie falling migrant deaths: U.N
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - The number of deaths recorded on migratory routes fell this year, although COVID-19 difficulties and so-called "invisible shipwrecks" mean the real number is probably ...
Dec 18, 2020
Explainer-Young, lean, non-smoker: why odds favour France's Macron in COVID-19 fight
By Elizabeth Pineau, Michel Rose and Tangi Salan PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron has caught COVID-19, but since he is 42, a non-smoker who is not overweight and has access to the be...
Dec 18, 2020
