Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Egypt executes militant Ashmawy after being convicted over attacks - sources
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt on Monday executed Hisham al-Ashmawy, described as the country's most dangerous Islamist militant, after he was convicted by a military court of orchestrating several attacks, ...
Feb 24, 2020
Merkel's CDU to hold leadership congress in April or May - German broadcaster
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats will hold an extraordinary party congress either in April or May to elect a new leader, broadcaster n-tv reported on Monday, ci...
Feb 24, 2020
BTS says new album tells of conquering doubts and fears
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - The young stars in South Korean boy band BTS said on Monday the theme of their new album dealt with how they overcame doubts and fears encountered since they burst on...
Feb 24, 2020
Goldman Sachs pleads not guilty in Malaysia over 1MDB bond sales - state media
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Three units of Goldman Sachs pleaded not guilty to charges of misleading investors regarding $6.5 billion in bond sales that the U.S. investment bank helped raise for state fu...
Feb 24, 2020
China's local government finances to suffer 'interim' impact due to virus
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's local governments will suffer an "interim impact" on fiscal revenue and expenditure from the virus epidemic that the country has so far allocated 99.5 billion yuan ($14.16 ...
Feb 24, 2020
Primark owner warns coronavirus threatens clothing supplies
LONDON (Reuters) - Primark owner Associated British Foods warned on Monday there was a risk of supply shortages on some lines later in the 2019-20 financial year if delays in factory production in Chi...
Feb 24, 2020
Lesotho PM appears in court to hear charges of murdering wife
MASERU (Reuters) - Lesotho's Prime Minister Thomas Thabane appeared in court on Monday to hear charges of murdering his estranged wife, a Reuters witness saw. Thabane had initially been scheduled to h...
Feb 24, 2020
Afghanistan confirms first case of coronavirus from three suspected
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan on Monday identified the country's first case of coronavirus as reported cases outside China jump. Ferozuddin Feroz, the minister of public health, ...
Feb 24, 2020
South Korea, U.S. defense chiefs to meet amid unresolved dispute on cost-sharing
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - With South Korea's defense minister due to meet his American counterpart on Monday in Washington, the U.S. military doubled down on calls for Seoul to pay more in defen...
Feb 24, 2020
Nepal's Sherpa climbers to make rare winter ascent of Everest
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Four veteran Sherpa climbers left on Monday for Mount Everest on a mission to climb the world's highest mountain in five days from the Nepali side, aiming to set ...
Feb 24, 2020
