Author Archives: Syndicated Content
LEADING OFF: Dodgers’ Roberts back for Arizona’s home opener
A look at what's happening around the majors today: ROBERTS RETURNS Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts will be back from a one-game suspension when the defending NL West champions visit Arizona ...
Jul 30, 2020
Kuwait crown prince receives 'reassuring' call on Emir's health: state TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - Kuwait's crown prince received a call from the deputy head of the national guard reassuring him of the health of Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, state news agency KUNA reported ...
Jul 30, 2020
Canada's Trudeau to make rare testimony to parliamentary committee amid ethics probe
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will make a rare appearance before a parliamentary committee on Thursday amid questions over a government decision to task a charity with ties...
Jul 30, 2020
Ivory Coast defence minister Hamed Bakayoko nominated as new prime minister
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has appointed Defence Minister Hamed Bakayoko as prime minister after his predecessor died suddenly this month, the presidency said on Thurs...
Jul 30, 2020
Iraq says nearly 560 killed in anti-government unrest
CAIRO (Reuters) - Nearly 560 Iraqi protesters and security forces were killed in months of anti-government unrest that erupted last year, the government said on Thursday. Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kad...
Jul 30, 2020
Trump, after Portland deal, says feds won't leave 'until there is safety'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Thursday said the governor of Oregon was not doing enough to reign in protesters in Portland and that U.S. agents would not leave the city "until there...
Jul 30, 2020
Iceland reinstates some restrictions after finding new infection clusters
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Iceland on Thursday reinstated restrictions on public gatherings after finding at least two new infection clusters in the country, the government said in a statement. "The measu...
Jul 30, 2020
Fifth minister tests positive for COVID-19 in coronavirus-plagued Brazil
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's science and technology minister, Marcos Pontes, said on Thursday that he had tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the fifth minister in President Jair Bolsonaro's gove...
Jul 30, 2020
COVID creates north-south divide in Croatia's tourism fortunes
DUBROVNIK, Croatia (Reuters) - At the southern end of Croatia's Adriatic Coast, far fewer tourists are wandering the marbled streets of Dubrovnik than usual, while the number of visitors to northern b...
Jul 30, 2020
Colombia GDP dived in second quarter, along with inflation: Reuters poll
By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's economy will have suffered the worst contraction in its history in the second quarter because of fall-out from a coronavirus quarantine, analysts said...
Jul 30, 2020
