Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China reports 22 coronavirus cases, sixth day without local transmission
BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported 22 cases of the new coronavirus in the mainland for Aug. 21, same as a day earlier, the health commission said on Saturday. All 22 new infections were imported cases...
Aug 21, 2020
Some allegiance switches were akin to human trafficking: Coe
SYDNEY (Reuters) - World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe believes some cases of young athletes switching allegiance between countries before he tightened the rules last year were all but indistinguishab...
Aug 21, 2020
Panama suspends international flights for another month
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama will suspend all international flights for another month from Aug. 22 due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis, the Central American country's civil aviation authorities sa...
Aug 21, 2020
Erdogan announces biggest Turkish gas find in Black Sea
By Ali Kucukgocmen and Tuvan Gumrukcu ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey announced its biggest natural gas discovery on Friday, a 320 billion cubic metre (11.3 trillion cubic feet) Black Sea field which Pres...
Aug 21, 2020
Tsikhanouskaya says she would not seek Belarus presidency if new elections held
By Andrey Ostroukh MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarusian politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who has led the biggest challenge to Alexander Lukashenko's 26-year rule of Belarus, said in an interview aired on...
Aug 21, 2020
'Pure joy': Giant panda at U.S. National Zoo gives birth to healthy cub
(Reuters) - Giant panda Mei Xiang gave birth to a healthy cub on Friday at the National Zoo in Washington, and immediately began nursing and cuddling the tiny new arrival, animal care staff said. It w...
Aug 21, 2020
Mexico reports 5,928 new coronavirus cases and 504 more deaths
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry on Friday reported 5,928 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection and 504 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 549,734 cases...
Aug 21, 2020
Arizona voters put tax to fund education, recreational marijuana on November ballot
By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - Voters will decide in November whether to pump $940 million into education by taxing Arizona's highest earners and make the state the 11th in the nation to legali...
Aug 21, 2020
Kremlin critic Navalny driven out of hospital in Siberia: Reuters witness
OMSK, Russia (Reuters) - Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was driven out of a hospital in an ambulance early on Saturday, a Reuters witness said. Gravely ill Kremlin critic Navalny was mea...
Aug 21, 2020
Travellers from France to UK need to self certify they do not have coronavirus symptoms
(Reuters) - Travellers from France to the United Kingdom will be required to self certify that they are not suffering coronavirus symptoms or have been in contact with a confirmed case within 14 days ...
Aug 21, 2020
