Category Archives: Syndicated
Ceasefire offers opportunity for eastern Ukraine peace push, says president
By Natalia Zinets TARAMCHUK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine wants to build on a lull in fighting in the eastern Donbass region to push for a lasting peace settlement at a new round of four-way talks with...
Aug 08, 2020
Hong Kong reports 69 new coronavirus cases
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong reported 69 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, of which 67 were locally transmitted, as authorities continued efforts to contain a resurgence of infections in the globa...
Aug 08, 2020
Police seize over 100 suspected stolen bikes at London address
LONDON (Reuters) - Police have seized 118 stolen bicycles at a single address in north London, an unusually large haul even in a city where bike theft is endemic. The bicycles are worth an estimated t...
Aug 08, 2020
Children walk back to school in Gaza after five-month shutdown
By Nidal al-Mughrabi JABALIA, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of children walked through the streets of the Gaza Strip on Saturday to return to classes after five months of shutdown - tho...
Aug 08, 2020
Backstory: Covering the Beirut blast, bruised and bloodied
By Alessandra Galloni (Reuters) - Imagine what it's like to be flung to the floor by a gigantic explosion, dodge a falling wardrobe in your home, be cut in the forehead by flying glass - and then brus...
Aug 08, 2020
Furious Lebanese count their losses from blast, plan demonstration
By Michael Georgy BEIRUT (Reuters) - As Beirut mourns its dead and grapples with the scale of rebuilding after this week's massive blast, some Lebanese activists planned to demonstrate in the city on ...
Aug 08, 2020
Turkey says it is ready to help rebuild port of Beirut
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkey is ready to help rebuild the port of Beirut, which was destroyed by a massive blast on Tuesday, Turkish Vice-President Fuat Oktay said during a visit to Lebanon on Saturday. ...
Aug 08, 2020
Czechs record biggest daily jump in coronavirus cases since April 3
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic recorded its biggest daily rise in new coronavirus cases since April 3 due to local outbreaks in a number of regions, the health ministry reported on Saturday. Th...
Aug 08, 2020
Wife of Dutch envoy to Lebanon dies after being hurt in Beirut blast
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The wife of the Dutch ambassador to Lebanon died on Saturday after being seriously injured in the massive explosion that tore through Beirut's port on Tuesday, the Dutch Foreign ...
Aug 08, 2020
Huge blast rocks military base in Somali capital – military official
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A huge blast rocked a military base in Somalia's capital Mogadishu near a stadium on Saturday, a military official said, and ambulance services said it had killed at least eight ...
Aug 08, 2020
