Author Archives: Syndicated Content
North Korea vows to send anti-South leaflets amid tensions
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea pledged to push ahead with its campaign to send propaganda leaflets into South Korea, saying it is not bound to any inter-Korean agreements, state media said on Sunday. T...
Jun 20, 2020
British Finance Minister Sunak plans emergency cut in value-added tax: The Times
(Reuters) - British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak is ready to cut the value-added tax (VAT) as part of the government's latest efforts to tackle economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak, the Sund...
Jun 20, 2020
Mexico reports 4,717 new coronavirus infections, 387 deaths: health ministry
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico on Saturday reported 4,717 new infections and 387 additional deaths from the coronavirus, the health ministry said, bringing the total number in the country to 175,202 c...
Jun 20, 2020
Huawei to receive planning permission to build 400-million-pound facility in UK: The Times
(Reuters) - Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is expected to receive planning permission this week to build a 400-million-pound ($494.24-million) research and development cen...
Jun 20, 2020
Serbians head to polls in Europe’s first post-lockdown election
By Aleksandar Vasovic BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbians go to polls on Sunday to elect a new parliament in Europe's first national election since coronavirus lockdowns took effect some three months ago, w...
Jun 20, 2020
UK PM Johnson to announce new ‘one metre plus’ social distancing rule: Telegraph
(Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce a new "one metre plus" social distancing rule to reopen the United Kingdom, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported late on Saturday. The ...
Jun 20, 2020
Djokovic reaches final of own exhibition tournament
ZADAR, Croatia (Reuters) - World number one Novak Djokovic romped into the final of his own exhibition tournament after winning both opening singles at the Adria Tour in Croatia's coastal resort Zadar...
Jun 20, 2020
Brazil just shy of 50,000 coronavirus deaths, over 1 million cases, ministry says
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's official coronavirus death toll is just shy of 50,000, the Health Ministry said on Saturday, with more than 1 million confirmed cases in the world No. 2 coronavirus...
Jun 20, 2020
Egypt has a legitimate right to intervene in Libya, Sisi says
By Mahmoud Mourad CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday said his country has a legitimate right to intervene in neighbouring Libya and ordered his army to be ready to ca...
Jun 20, 2020
Stand-off with Attorney General Barr ends, as New York prosecutor agrees to resign
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Manhattan's top federal prosecutor Geoffrey Berman agreed to resign from his post on Saturday, after Attorney General William Barr said he would allow Berman's deputy to take ov...
Jun 20, 2020
