Category Archives: Syndicated
Jaguars DT Woods opts out of 2020 season
Jacksonville Jaguars defensive tackle Al Woods announced Friday that he is opting out of the 2020 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Jaguars posted Woods' statement about his decision on the...
Jul 31, 2020
Arrest warrants issued for six Hong Kong democracy activists: CCTV
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese state television said on Friday that Hong Kong authorities had issued arrest warrants for six pro-democracy activists who fled the city and are suspected o...
Jul 31, 2020
Argentina extends coronavirus lockdown until August 16: Fernandez
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina will extend a mandatory lockdown in and around Buenos Aires until August 16 due to coronavirus, President Alberto Fernandez announced on Friday. The lockdown, which ...
Jul 31, 2020
Brazil’s Bolsonaro sticks to travel plan despite ‘mold’ in lungs
By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro made a scheduled visit to the south of the country on Friday, after revealing the night before that he is taking antibiot...
Jul 31, 2020
Senate Democrats want to grill Homeland Security over Portland protest surveillance
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - All seven Democrats on the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee on Friday wrote to the Department of Homeland Security requesting details on its agents conductin...
Jul 31, 2020
Alan Parker, director of ‘Bugsy Malone’ and ‘Mississippi Burning’, has died – UK media
LONDON (Reuters) - British filmmaker Alan Parker, director of movies ranging from "Bugsy Malone", a gangster comedy featuring children armed with cream-shooting guns, to tense prison drama "Midnight E...
Jul 31, 2020
Russia sends Su-27 fighter jet to intercept U.S. spy plane over Black Sea: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian defence ministry said it had sent an Su-27 fighter plane on Friday to intercept a U.S. surveillance plane over the Black Sea, prompting it to change course away from the...
Jul 31, 2020
German restaurants object after police use COVID data for crime-fighting
BERLIN (Reuters) - German restaurants and bars and their customers are expressing concern at reports that the contact data that guests must supply as part of coronavirus prevention rules has been used...
Jul 31, 2020
PM Johnson makes Lords of his brother, cricketer Botham and Brexit allies
By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has elevated to the House of Lords his younger brother, a cricket hero and some of his allies in the campaign to take Britain...
Jul 31, 2020
GM partners with EVgo to add 2,700 new fast chargers in U.S
(Reuters) - General Motors Co has partnered with electric vehicle charging station provider EVgo to add 2,700 new fast chargers, which can be accessed by the general public in the United States over t...
Jul 31, 2020
