Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China, Iran, Russia on agenda as Pompeo testifies in U.S. Senate
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers expect to question Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on dealings with China and Russia, the decision to move troops out of Germany and weapons e...
Jul 30, 2020
A tour of crumbling Malta villa where the Queen lived in her 20s
By Christopher Scicluna VALLETTA (Reuters) - It is the only property outside of Britain that Queen Elizabeth called home. A crumbling villa near Malta's capital, Valletta, where the heir to the Englis...
Jul 30, 2020
UPS quarterly revenue rises 13.4% on pandemic-led demand
(Reuters) - United Parcel Service Inc on Thursday reported a 13.4% rise in quarterly revenue, as the COVID-19 pandemic led to a surge in residential volumes and healthcare shipments. Atlanta-based UPS...
Jul 30, 2020
Local U.S. election officials try to ward off 'virus' of disinformation in November
By Christopher Bing and Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the clock ticks toward the U.S. presidential election in November, state election officials are devoting more time - and money - to edu...
Jul 30, 2020
Facebook ad boycott organizers ask European firms to join campaign
By Katie Paul and Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Organizers of a Facebook Inc advertising boycott said on Thursday the campaign would "not go away" until their concerns were addressed and they would ask a...
Jul 30, 2020
Czech coronavirus spike continues as cases top 16,000
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Cases of the new coronavirus in the Czech Republic have surpassed 16,000 as a recent spike in infections continues, Health Ministry data showed on Thursday. The central European cou...
Jul 30, 2020
Why Trump's tough-on-crime message is not breaking through in suburban America
By Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As President Donald Trump's support in the U.S. suburbs erodes amid concerns about his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, he has returned to a familiar campaign t...
Jul 30, 2020
Anti-Amazon campaigners in France team up to say 'non' to firm’s expansion
By Christian Lowe, Elizabeth Pineau and Mathieu Rosemain COLOMBIER-SAUGNIEU, France (Reuters) - At his veterinary practice near the French city of Lyon one morning in June, Gilles Renevier prepared to...
Jul 30, 2020
In Mecca, a fortunate few pray for a pandemic-free world
By Marwa Rashad RIYADH (Reuters) - In years before the coronavirus, some 3 million white-clad pilgrims from across the world flocked to Islam's holiest sites to attend haj under Saudi Arabia's blister...
Jul 30, 2020
Russia hands U.S. student long jail term on police assault charge: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court sentenced a U.S. student to nine years in jail on Thursday after finding him guilty of endangering the lives of two police officers who detained him last August afte...
Jul 30, 2020
