Category Archives: Syndicated
Emergency services attend derailed train in Scotland
LONDON (Reuters) - Emergency service were dealing with the derailment of a train near Stonehaven on the east coast of Scotland on Wednesday, police said, as video footage on social media showed smoke ...
Aug 12, 2020
Vietnam PM says next 10 days ‘critical’ in virus fight
By Phuong Nguyen HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's Prime Minister said on Wednesday that the next 10 days would be critical in the Southeast Asian country's fight against a new coronavirus outbreak, which r...
Aug 12, 2020
Factbox: World reaction to Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine
(Reuters) - Russia's granting of regulatory approval to a COVID-19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing has prompted expressions of caution as well as interest from around the world. Mo...
Aug 12, 2020
Most oil on damaged ship off Mauritius removed, owner says
TOKYO (Reuters) - Most of the fuel left on a Japanese bulk carrier that has leaked an estimated 1,000 tonnes of oil off the Mauritius coast has been pumped off, ship owner Nagashiki Shipping said on W...
Aug 12, 2020
Majority of Scots support independence from UK – YouGov poll
LONDON (Reuters) - A majority of Scots support independence from the United Kingdom, a YouGov poll found on Wednesday, with support for nationalists bolstered by a much more positive view of how they ...
Aug 12, 2020
U.S. companies should consider slavery reparations, Vista Equity CEO says
By Jessica DiNapoli (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic has hit Black Americans especially hard after decades of social and economic injustices, but it also presents an opportunity for systemic change, ...
Aug 12, 2020
Investors revalue Chinese tech giants after U.S. ban
By Samuel Shen and Scott Murdoch SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Stock investor Zhu Haifeng halved his once-cherished holdings in Chinese tech giants Tencent and Alibaba after the United States announc...
Aug 12, 2020
Paris marathon cancelled as COVID-19 cases pick up in France
PARIS (Reuters) - This year's Paris marathon has been cancelled, organisers said on Wednesday, as France battles against a resurgence of the COVID-19 virus. The marathon was originally due to take pla...
Aug 12, 2020
EU to discuss sanctions against Belarus after disputed election, Sweden says
By Gabriela Baczynska and Anna Ringstrom BRUSSELS/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - EU foreign ministers will meet on Friday to discuss targeted sanctions against Belarus following Sunday's contested election and...
Aug 12, 2020
Coping with campus coronavirus: U.S. fraternities, sororities give it the old college try
By Brendan O'Brien MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Sixteen gallons of hand sanitizer sat in the foyer of the Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority house at the University of Wisconsin as house mother Karen Mullis...
Aug 12, 2020
