Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Spain reports two new COVID-19 deaths, total at 27,121
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Health Ministry said recorded deaths from the coronavirus outbreak reached 27,121 on Friday, increasing by two in the last 24 hours. A total of 39 deaths were reported over ...
May 29, 2020
Republican committee head says North Carolina Democrats 'dragging their feet' on convention rules
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - The head of the Republican National Committee accused North Carolina's Democratic governor on Friday of delaying issuing guidelines for the party's national convention i...
May 29, 2020
Ex-U.S. Marine held in Russia on spying charge taken for emergency hernia operation
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, who Russia is trying on espionage charges, was taken from prison on Thursday to undergo an emergency hernia operation, his brother and the U.S. embas...
May 29, 2020
Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian attacker: army
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian attacker who tried to run them over with a car in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the military said. No Israelis were hurt in the...
May 29, 2020
U.S. consumer spending tanks; savings hit record high
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumers cut spending by the most on record for the second straight month in April while boosting savings to an all-time high, and the growing frugality ...
May 29, 2020
Britain's science advisory board publishes minutes of meetings
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) published minutes from its first meetings on Friday as part of a pledge for transparency around discussions over the gover...
May 29, 2020
Lesotho appeal courts revokes bail granted to former leader's wife
MASERU (Reuters) - Lesotho's Appeal Court on Friday revoked bail which had been granted to the former prime minister Thomas Thabane's wife, who is accused of murdering the leader's previous spouse. Ma...
May 29, 2020
Thirty countries launch alliance to share COVID-19 tools
ZURICH (Reuters) - Thirty countries led by Costa Rica and the World Health Organization launched an initiative on Friday aimed at sharing vaccines, medicines and diagnostic tools to tackle the global ...
May 29, 2020
Analysis: Onside kicks versus fourth-and-15s
By: Barry Wilner For a league that took so many years to find a catch rule that makes sense - we think the current one does that - it can't be a surprise that the somewhat radical proposal of an alter...
May 29, 2020
France's Louvre museum preparing to re-open on July 6
PARIS (Reuters) - The Louvre museum in Paris said on Friday it was planning to re-open its doors on July 6 following new steps announced Thursday by Prime Minister Edouard Philippe to ease the country...
May 29, 2020
