Category Archives: Syndicated
U.N. rights chief discussing visit to Xinjiang with China
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations (UN) human rights chief said on Monday she was discussing a possible visit to China's Xinjiang region with Chinese authorities who are facing growing backlash ove...
Sep 14, 2020
Sweden drops travel restrictions to Britain despite pick up in coronavirus cases
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden on Monday took Britain off its red-list of countries it advises citizens not to travel to, despite a pick-up in new coronavirus cases and restrictions on public gatherings...
Sep 14, 2020
Slender Man Sentence Appealed to State Supreme Court
MADISON, WI (WSAU) One of the girls convicted in the Slender Man stabbing case is appealing her sentence to the state Supreme Court. Morgan Geyser argues that her case should have been heard in juveni...
Sep 14, 2020
Tropical storm Teddy forms in the Atlantic: U.S. NHC
(Reuters) - Tropical depression 20 has strengthened into storm Teddy in the Atlantic and is expected to become a powerful hurricane later this week, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Mo...
Sep 14, 2020
EU condemns execution of Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union on Monday added its voice to an international outcry over the execution of Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari, saying the death penalty is a cruel and inhumane punis...
Sep 14, 2020
Fight and talk: Facing negotiations, Taliban almost took key Afghan city
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi KABUL (Reuters) - Khan Agha has endured years of violence in Kunduz, but it was the Taliban's attack on the strategic city in northeastern Afghanistan, as the government and insu...
Sep 14, 2020
Ex-FIFA secretary general Valcke and BeIN sports chairman go on trial over TV rights
By Brian Homewood BELLINZONA, Switzerland (Reuters) - Former FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke and the chairman of Qatar-based media group BeIN Sports, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, went on trial in Switzerl...
Sep 14, 2020
SoftBank sets price in telco stake sale worth $11.7 billion
TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp said on Monday it set the offering price for the sale of shares in wireless carrier SoftBank Corp at 1,204.50 yen per share, giving the sale a value of 1.24 trill...
Sep 14, 2020
Happiness, controversy and fear as Italy’s schools finally reopen
By Crispian Balmer and Antonio Denti ROME (Reuters) - After a six-month shutdown, the longest in Europe, Italy reopened most of its schools on Monday, testing the organisational skills of the governme...
Sep 14, 2020
McDonald’s to open restaurants in Russia’s far east in expansion drive
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Global fast food giant McDonald's Corp. plans to expand in Russia's far east in December, opening restaurants in cities such as Khabarovsk and Vladivostok for the first time, the co...
Sep 14, 2020
