Author Archives: Syndicated Content
GCC unites to seek U.N. extension of Iran arms embargo
DUBAI (Reuters) - The six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has asked the United Nations to extend an international arms embargo on Iran, a move pushed strongly by the United States. The secretari...
Aug 09, 2020
Casey struggles to come to terms with spectator-less golf
(Reuters) - England's Paul Casey is hoping to overcome the strange experience of playing without spectators as he bids for a long-awaited maiden major title at the PGA Championship. Fans are not linin...
Aug 09, 2020
Vietnam reports 31 new COVID-19 cases, one death
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's health ministry on Sunday reported 31 new COVID-19 cases and an additional death, taking the country's total tally to 841, with 11 fatalities. All of the new cases are link...
Aug 09, 2020
Saudi information security firm Elm to acquire Tabadul
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi information security company Elm is to acquire digital services company Tabadul from Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, Elm said in a statement on Sunday. The Public Investm...
Aug 09, 2020
North Korea brings aid supplies to border town under lockdown: state media
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's ruling party has delivered special aid packages of food and medical equipment to residents of Kaesong, near the border with the South, after imposing a lockdown there d...
Aug 09, 2020
U.S. health chief arrives in Taiwan on trip condemned by China
TAIPEI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar arrived in Taiwan on Sunday as the highest-level U.S. official to visit in four decades, a trip condemned by China which claims...
Aug 09, 2020
Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 strikes western Iran: state TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 struck the province of Kermanshah in western Iran on Sunday, Iranian state TV reported. It gave no immediate information on possible casualties or dama...
Aug 09, 2020
UK PM says schools must open in September
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said reopening schools in September was a social, economic and moral imperative and insisted they would be able to operate safely despite the on...
Aug 09, 2020
Lebanese call for an uprising after protests rocked Beirut
By Michael Georgy BEIRUT (Reuters) - Some Lebanese called on Sunday for a sustained uprising to topple their leaders amid public fury over this week's devastating explosion in Beirut, and the country'...
Aug 09, 2020
Coronavirus case emerges at second mine in Papua New Guinea
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The novel coronavirus has been detected at a second mine in Papua New Guinea, after an employee at the Lihir Mine owned by Newcrest Mining Ltd tested positive for the disease. The 3...
Aug 09, 2020
