Author Archives: Syndicated Content
'I don't want to fly again': Surviving India's worst crash in 10 years
By Devjyot Ghoshal and Jose Devasia NEW DELHI/KOCHI, India (Reuters) - Seated on the last row of the plane, Muhammed Junaid sensed something was amiss when Air India Express flight IX 1344 from Dubai ...
Aug 08, 2020
France offers aid as Mauritius declares emergency over oil spill from stranded vessel
PORT LOUIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron pledged on Saturday to send teams and equipment to help Mauritius deal with an oil spill that environmentalists fear could be a major ecological...
Aug 08, 2020
McIlroy praised for sportsmanship at Harding Park
(Reuters) - World number three Rory McIlroy has earned praise for upholding the spirit of the game after a bizarre incident in his second round at the PGA Championship. The Northern Irishman's tee sho...
Aug 08, 2020
Berkshire takes big writedown for Precision Castparts, operating profit falls
(Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc said on Saturday its quarterly operating profit fell 10%, and it took a big writedown for its Precision Castparts Corp unit, which has had struggles...
Aug 08, 2020
Brazil COVID-19 deaths reach 100,000 and barrel onward
By Lisandra Paraguassu and Pedro Fonseca BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's death toll from COVID-19 is expected to hit 100,000 on Saturday and continue to climb as most Brazilian cities reo...
Aug 08, 2020
Golf: Wentworth women's event abandoned after fire on course
(Reuters) - The Rose Ladies Series Grand Final was abandoned on Saturday as wildfires at the Wentworth club that forced the suspension of play on Friday continued to pose a risk. Searing temperatures ...
Aug 08, 2020
Ukraine closes checkpoints at Crimean border to control coronavirus
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's government said on Saturday it had temporarily closed its border with Crimea, the peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014, to prevent further spread of coronavirus. All three cr...
Aug 08, 2020
Indian food delivery company introduces 'period leave' for employees
By Alasdair Pal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian food delivery company Zomato said on Saturday it would give female employees up to 10 days of "period leave" per year, as part of an effort to combat what ...
Aug 08, 2020
Russian city holds another anti-Kremlin protest over detained governor
MOSCOW (Reuters) - About 3,000 people joined another march in the Russian far eastern city of Khabarovsk on Saturday in protest over President Vladimir Putin's handling of a local political crisis. Re...
Aug 08, 2020
Polish border guards detain 34 people from Middle East found in a lorry
WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish border guards have detained 34 people from the Middle East, including four women and four children, who were traveling in a trailer of the lorry that came from Turkey via Slo...
Aug 08, 2020
