Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Backstory: Covering the Beirut blast, bruised and bloodied
By Alessandra Galloni (Reuters) - Imagine what it's like to be flung to the floor by a gigantic explosion, dodge a falling wardrobe in your home, be cut in the forehead by flying glass - and then brus...
Aug 08, 2020
Furious Lebanese count their losses from blast, plan demonstration
By Michael Georgy BEIRUT (Reuters) - As Beirut mourns its dead and grapples with the scale of rebuilding after this week's massive blast, some Lebanese activists planned to demonstrate in the city on ...
Aug 08, 2020
Turkey says it is ready to help rebuild port of Beirut
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkey is ready to help rebuild the port of Beirut, which was destroyed by a massive blast on Tuesday, Turkish Vice-President Fuat Oktay said during a visit to Lebanon on Saturday. ...
Aug 08, 2020
Czechs record biggest daily jump in coronavirus cases since April 3
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic recorded its biggest daily rise in new coronavirus cases since April 3 due to local outbreaks in a number of regions, the health ministry reported on Saturday. Th...
Aug 08, 2020
Wife of Dutch envoy to Lebanon dies after being hurt in Beirut blast
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The wife of the Dutch ambassador to Lebanon died on Saturday after being seriously injured in the massive explosion that tore through Beirut's port on Tuesday, the Dutch Foreign ...
Aug 08, 2020
Huge blast rocks military base in Somali capital - military official
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A huge blast rocked a military base in Somalia's capital Mogadishu near a stadium on Saturday, a military official said, and ambulance services said it had killed at least eight ...
Aug 08, 2020
Polish police detain 48 people after LGBT protest
WARSAW (Reuters) - Police said they detained 48 people after protesters tried to stop them arresting an LGBT activist accused of hanging rainbow flags over statues in Warsaw and damaging a pro-life ca...
Aug 08, 2020
Poland reports 843 new coronavirus cases
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland reported 843 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, according to the health ministry's Twitter account, the seventh daily record in two weeks. Poland has reported 51,167 cases of...
Aug 08, 2020
Indonesia reports 2,277 new coronavirus infections
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia reported 2,277 new coronavirus infections on Saturday and 65 more deaths, data from its health ministry website showed. This brings the country's total to 123,503 coronav...
Aug 08, 2020
Philippines confirms 4,226 new coronavirus cases, 41 more deaths
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' health ministry on Saturday reported 4,226 new coronavirus infections and 41 additional deaths. In a bulletin, the ministry said total confirmed infections have ris...
Aug 08, 2020
