Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Colombia will contest court order suspending activities of U.S. troops
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's government said on Friday it will challenge a court order to suspend the activities of a U.S. army unit advising its military in the fight against drug trafficking. The d...
Jul 03, 2020
Canada's Trudeau unsure about Washington trip, cites concern over tariffs
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday he was still unsure whether he would go to Washington D.C. next week to mark a new North American trade treaty, citing concern ...
Jul 03, 2020
Russia says Bolton's account of INF treaty talks distorted
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A senior Russian defence official accused former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton on Friday of distorting facts in his memoir about talks with the Russian authorities abou...
Jul 03, 2020
UK death toll from confirmed cases rises to 44,131, up 137
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom's death toll from confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus rose by 137 to 44,131, government figures showed on Friday. The total included a revision for one death...
Jul 03, 2020
WHO sees first results from COVID drug trials within two weeks
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization expects initial results within two weeks from clinical trials it is conducting of drugs that might be effective in treating COVID-19 patients, WHO Dire...
Jul 03, 2020
England releases detailed COVID-19 infection data
LONDON (Reuters) - The agency leading the fight against COVID-19 in England has published data revealing the broad location of all people who have tested positive for the coronavirus. Public Health En...
Jul 03, 2020
'Falling off a cliff': Lebanon's poor borrow to buy bread
By Laila Bassam and Yara Abi Nader TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - For Amer al Dahn, the idea of eating meat is now a dream. Today, he can't even afford bread and depends on credit from the local grocer ...
Jul 03, 2020
UK in talks to join EU's coronavirus vaccine scheme - FT, citing UK officials
LONDON (Reuters) - The UK is in talks to join a European Union plan to secure supplies of potential coronavirus vaccines, in a test of the cooperation required to tackle international emergencies afte...
Jul 03, 2020
'Don't give up hope' in fighting viruses, says 'cured' London AIDS patient
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - A previously HIV-positive man who is only the second known adult worldwide to be "functionally cured" of HIV called on Friday for people living with the AIDS-causing...
Jul 03, 2020
Australia strips Belgium's 'evil tyrant' Leopold from name of mountains
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia has renamed its King Leopold mountain ranges Wunaamin Miliwundi, replacing the name of a Belgian ruler known for his brutal colonisation of Africa with traditional name...
Jul 03, 2020
