Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive: Oil tankers turn away from Venezuela as more sanctions loom
By Marianna Parraga (Reuters) - Two tankers that were sailing toward Venezuela to load crude have turned around since the weekend and three other vessels have left Venezuelan waters as the United Stat...
Jun 09, 2020
U.S. Democrats see police bill vote this month, Hoyer says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives hope to vote on a policing reform bill during the week of June 22, Representative Steny Hoyer, the chamber's No. 2 Democrat, said on...
Jun 09, 2020
Israel's top court strikes down law legalising settlements on private Palestinian land
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel's Supreme Court struck down a law on Tuesday that had retroactively legalised about 4,000 settler homes built on privately owned land in the occupied West Bank. A nine-judg...
Jun 09, 2020
WHO Americas director concerned about pandemic surging in new Latin America regions
(Reuters) - The World Health Organization's regional director for the Americas Carissa Etienne said on Tuesday that data has raised concerns that novel coronavirus cases are surging in new places in L...
Jun 09, 2020
Explainer: What to look for in the Fed's U.S. economic outlook
By Ann Saphir SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers on Wednesday will publish their first economic projections since the coronavirus pandemic set off a recession in February, est...
Jun 09, 2020
Coronavirus patients most infectious when they first feel unwell: WHO
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Studies show people with the coronavirus are most infectious just at the point when they first begin to feel unwell, World Health Organization (WHO) experts sai...
Jun 09, 2020
NYC police officer who shoved protester charged with assault
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City police officer who shoved a demonstrator to the ground during a protest against police brutality has been criminally charged over his alleged conduct, the Brooklyn...
Jun 09, 2020
Taekwondo: Olympic medalist adjusts to training in living room
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Olympic bronze medalist Hedaya Malak says she imagines her living room is a taekwondo hall as she tries to adjust to training from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic and keep ...
Jun 09, 2020
EU finance ministers examine recovery plan amid deep divisions
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union finance ministers reviewed the EU's 750 billion euro plan for post-pandemic recovery on Tuesday ahead of what will be fractious negotiations ove...
Jun 09, 2020
Erdogan says will not let Syria's Idlib become conflict zone again
ANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday the Syrian government was increasing provocations in northwest Syria's Idlib region and that Turkey would not allow it to become a conflict ...
Jun 09, 2020
