Category Archives: Syndicated
Factbox: Who is speaking at the Republican National Convention, and why
By Tim Reid and Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - This week's Republican National Convention will be a four-day celebration of President Donald Trump, featuring a younger generation that may be hoping for a...
Aug 23, 2020
Jordan frees opposition-run teachers union leaders
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan on Sunday released 13 leaders of an opposition-run teachers union, judicial sources said, nearly a month after detaining them in a move weakening a grou...
Aug 23, 2020
Trump’s sister says, in secret recordings, he has ‘no principles’ and is cruel
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's sister, a retired federal judge, called him a liar with "no principles" in audio recordings made public this weekend, the latest atta...
Aug 23, 2020
Sentencing hearings to start for New Zealand mosque shooter
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The gunman who killed 51 Muslim worshippers in New Zealand's worst mass shooting faces a life prison term, possibly without parole, after multi-day sentencing hearings starting ...
Aug 23, 2020
Trump to announce emergency authorization of convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19 – WaPo
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will announce the emergency authorization of convalescent plasma for COVID-19, a treatment that already has been given to more than 70,000 patients, the Washing...
Aug 23, 2020
Golf: Germany’s Popov claims maiden major at women’s British Open
(Reuters) - Unheralded German Sophia Popov struck a three-under-par final round of 68 to claim her maiden major title at the women's British Open on Sunday, finishing two strokes clear of Thailand's J...
Aug 23, 2020
Turkey extends work of Mediterranean exploration ship through August 27
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey said on Sunday that its Oruc Reis exploration vessel will now carry out seismic surveys in a disputed part of the eastern Mediterranean until Aug. 27, in a move likely to sto...
Aug 23, 2020
Hungary summons German ambassador over EU minister’s anti-Semitism criticism
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's foreign ministry has summoned the German ambassador to a Monday meeting to explain remarks by his country's European Union minister in which he accused Hungary of anti-S...
Aug 23, 2020
Energy firms shut 58% of Gulf of Mexico oil output due to twin storm threat, U.S. says
(Reuters) - Energy firms shut 57.6%, or 1.07 million barrels per day (bpd), of offshore crude oil production in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico because of the twin threat from Hurricane Marco and Tropical Sto...
Aug 23, 2020
Airplane mode and prepaid SIMs: some Israelis dodge COVID-19 tracking
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's cellphone surveillance for coronavirus contact-tracing may have overcome challenges by privacy watchdogs, but the state tracking policy is hard put to de...
Aug 23, 2020
