Author Archives: Syndicated Content
South Korea's BTS hopes 'Dynamite' blows away fans amid coronavirus gloom
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean boy band BTS said on Friday they hoped their new digital single "Dynamite" refreshes fans and helps them recharge their batteries as they cope with the nov...
Thomson Reuters Aug 21, 2020
Comedian mocks Zimbabwe's government, despite fear of reprisal
By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) - Victor Mpofu is using satire to shine a light on Zimbabwe's political problems, reaching a growing audience despite living in fear of retribution from Presiden...
Thomson Reuters Aug 21, 2020
Nigerian lesbian love film to go online to avoid censorship board
By Angela Ukomadu and Alexis Akwagyiram LAGOS (Reuters) - Two young women fill the screen, reclining on a bed, talking about their hope of having children. They are protagonists in a new Nigerian film...
Thomson Reuters Aug 21, 2020
Let me die in dignity: terminally ill man's plea to French leader
By Ardee Napolitano DIJON, France (Reuters) - In exactly two weeks, Alain Cocq says he will begin his own slow and agonising death by refusing the round-the-clock medical care that is keeping him aliv...
Thomson Reuters Aug 21, 2020
Kenyan all-female conservation ranger unit patrols amid COVID-19
By Njeri Mwangi NAIROBI (Reuters) - Purity Amleset Lakara has spent the year capturing armed poachers, running from an aggressive buffalo, and relaxing around a campfire reading "A Day Before my Weddi...
Thomson Reuters Aug 21, 2020
Exclusive: EU's Michel raises the fate of Navalny in call with Russia's Putin - official
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Council President Charles Michel expressed concern about Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is fighting for his life after a suspected po...
Thomson Reuters Aug 21, 2020
Philippines reports 4,786 more coronavirus infections, 59 deaths
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines on Friday recorded 4,786 new coronavirus infections, taking its total confirmed cases to 182,365 since the pandemic began, the highest in Southeast Asia. In a bullet...
Thomson Reuters Aug 21, 2020
Firestorms kindled by lightning displace tens of thousands in California
By Stephen Lam BOULDER CREEK, Calif. (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of displaced Californians huddled under mass evacuation orders in the midst of a heat wave and a pandemic on Friday as lightning-spar...
Thomson Reuters Aug 21, 2020
Doctors strike in Nairobi over pay, lack of COVID protection
By George Obulutsa and Baz Ratner NAIROBI (Reuters) - Doctors in most public hospitals in Kenya's capital went on strike on Friday to protest against delayed salaries and a lack of protective equipmen...
Thomson Reuters Aug 21, 2020
Japan ship deviated from shipping lane before Mauritius impact, data shows
By Aaron Sheldrick TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese-owned bulk carrier that ran aground off Mauritius and spilled oil over pristine waters and fragile coral reefs diverted more than 100 kilometres from ...
Thomson Reuters Aug 21, 2020
