Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Berlin metro to complete change of derogatory station name by year-end
BERLIN (Reuters) - Berlin's public transport company BVG said on Saturday that completing the renaming of a city centre metro station with a name based on a derogatory word for Black people will take ...
Jul 04, 2020
Florida sees coronavirus cases spike to new daily record
(Reuters) - Florida's confirmed coronavirus cases rose by a record 11,458 on Saturday, the state's health department said, the second time in three days that its caseload increased by more than 10,000...
Jul 04, 2020
Florida coronavirus cases rise by record 11,458 on Saturday
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Florida's confirmed coronavirus cases rose by a record 11,458 on Saturday, the state's health department said, the second time in three days that its caseload increased by more th...
Jul 04, 2020
Prayers for the dead as Myanmar’s young jade miners mourned
(Reuters) - University student Saw Myint Tun travelled hundreds of miles from home in February to work the jade mines of northern Myanmar in search of gems that might transform his family's modest for...
Jul 04, 2020
Bajaj Auto unions demand factory halt after 250 workers catch coronavirus
By Devjyot Ghoshal and Rajendra Jadhav NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) - Workers at Bajaj Auto, India's biggest exporter of motorbikes, are demanding the temporary closure of one of its plants after 250 em...
Jul 04, 2020
Fire flares at Iranian power plant, latest in series of incidents
DUBAI (Reuters) - A fire broke out at a power station in southwestern Iran on Saturday, Iranian media reported, the latest of several recent fires and explosions some of which have hit sensitive sites...
Jul 04, 2020
India’s clinical research body defends timeline for coronavirus vaccine trials
By Zeba Siddiqui MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's leading clinical research agency said Saturday its decision to fast-track development of a potential coronavirus vaccine was in line with international stan...
Jul 04, 2020
Russian Orthodox Church says ‘unacceptable’ to turn Hagia Sophia into a mosque: Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Converting Istanbul's Hagia Sophia monument from a museum to a mosque would be "unacceptable", a senior official in the Russian Orthodox Church said on Saturday. Turkish President T...
Jul 04, 2020
Turkey orders detention of three people over firework factory blasts, agency reports
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish prosecutor ordered the detention of three employees in connection with explosions this week at a fireworks factory in northwest Turkey, state-owned Anadolu news agency r...
Jul 04, 2020
Egypt to hold senate elections on Aug 11-12: commissioner
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will hold elections for a second parliamentary chamber on Aug 11-12, election commissioner Lasheen Ibrahim told a televised press conference on Saturday. Members of the chamber...
Jul 04, 2020
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