Author Archives: Syndicated Content
A nervous wait at Louisiana abortion clinic at center of U.S. Supreme Court fight
By Lawrence Hurley SHREVEPORT, La. (Reuters) - A 27-year-old woman from southern Arkansas waited nervously at the Hope Medical Group for Women after traveling two hours for a medical procedure that is
Feb 18, 2020
Head of hospital dies in coronavirus epicenter; global economic impact spreads
By Ryan Woo and Samuel Shen BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The head of a leading hospital in China's central city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, died of the disease on Tuesday as
Feb 18, 2020
Taiwan to evacuate citizens from virus-stricken cruiseship in Japan
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan said on Tuesday it would charter a plane to evacuate its citizens from the Diamond Princess cruise liner quarantined off the Japanese port of Yokohama due to a coronavirus
Feb 18, 2020
Gridlock in Athens as transport staff strike over pension reforms
ATHENS (Reuters) - Traffic was gridlocked in parts of Athens on Tuesday as transport workers joined a strike over planned pension reforms, while thousands marched peacefully through the city center
Feb 18, 2020
Gunman kills ex-wife at Bangkok shopping mall days after mass shooting
By Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) - A man killed his ex-wife and wounded another person at a shopping center in Bangkok on Tuesday, police said, 10 days after a mass shooting at another mall
Feb 18, 2020
Wikileaks founder Assange's health improving in prison: spokesman
LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is no longer being held in solitary confinement and his health is improving, his colleague and spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson told reporters on
Feb 18, 2020
Head of hospital dies in coronavirus epicenter; global economic impact spreads
By Ryan Woo and Samuel Shen BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The head of a leading hospital in China's central city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, died of the disease on Tuesday as
Feb 18, 2020
Taiwan to evacuate citizens from virus-stricken cruiseship in Japan
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan said on Tuesday it would charter a plane to evacuate its citizens from the Diamond Princess cruise liner quarantined off the Japanese port of Yokohama due to a coronavirus
Feb 18, 2020
Boy Scouts of America files bankruptcy in wake of abuse lawsuits
By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America said on Tuesday it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid a flood of lawsuits over allegations of child sexual abuse stretching
Feb 18, 2020
Russia to consider making ex-presidents immune from prosecution: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian presidents could be made immune from criminal prosecution once they leave office under proposed constitutional reforms, a senior lawmaker said on Tuesday. The proposal, made
Feb 18, 2020
