Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. farming body and Zambian firm partner aim to boost crop yields
LUSAKA (Reuters) - An American non-profit organisation has launched a $40 million joint venture with one of Zambia's top farm suppliers to boost crop yields and food security as farmers struggle to ac...
Jun 21, 2020
Germany to hold crisis talks with Lufthansa investor over bailout: source
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Lufthansa's biggest shareholder, billionaire Heinz Hermann Thiele, will meet Germany's economics minister for talks on Monday about a 9 billion euro ($10.1 billion) bailout for t...
Jun 21, 2020
Yemen separatists seize remote Socotra island from Saudi-backed government
By Mohammed Mukhashaf ADEN (Reuters) - Southern separatists have seized control of Yemen's island of Socotra in the Arabian Sea, deposing its governor and driving out forces of the Saudi-backed govern...
Jun 21, 2020
Hong Kong lawyers alarmed at plans for city leader to pick judges in national security trials
By Greg Torode and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - Senior Hong Kong lawyers expressed alarm on Sunday at plans for the city's leader to select judges for national security cases, calling it the mo...
Jun 21, 2020
Cyprus starts reopening checkpoints closed because of COVID-19
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus started reopening crossings between the Turkish and Greek Cypriot sides on Sunday after being shut for more than three months because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But for most ...
Jun 21, 2020
Rare ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse on the longest day of the year
By Ann Wang CHIAYI, Taiwan (Reuters) - A shimmering ring of light flashed into view on Sunday in parts of the eastern hemisphere as the moon drifted across the face of the sun in a rare eclipse on the...
Jun 21, 2020
Spain reopens its borders as state of emergency comes to an end
By Guillermo Martinez and Jessica Jones MADRID (Reuters) - Passengers wearing masks and wheeling suitcases arrived at Madrid's main airport on Sunday as Spain opened its borders to most European count...
Jun 21, 2020
Trump urges slowdown in COVID-19 testing, calling it a ‘double-edge sword’
TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday told thousands of cheering supporters he had asked U.S. officials to slow down testing for the novel coronavirus, calling it a "double-...
Jun 21, 2020
UK to unveil lockdown easing plans this week, health minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will outline its plans to ease the coronavirus lockdown this week, health minister Matt Hancock said on Sunday, potentially relaxing the two-metre rule on social distancing,...
Jun 21, 2020
UK park stabbing spree not being treated as terrorism, minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - Stabbings at a park in the southern English town of Reading, which left three dead and another three seriously injured, are not currently being treated as terrorism, British health ...
Jun 21, 2020
