Category Archives: Syndicated
Trump administration backs partial extension of jobless benefits through year’s end
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Saturday said that the Trump administration supports extending enhanced unemployment benefits until the end of the year in the next rou...
Jul 25, 2020
UK Defence Secretary says will boost ability to handle space threat from Russia, China
(Reuters) - Britain will boost its ability to handle threats posed by Russia and China in space as part of a foreign, security and defence policy review being conducted by the UK government, Defence S...
Jul 25, 2020
Nantes Cathedral fire investigators rearrest volunteer
NANTES, France (Reuters) - French police investigating the fire that engulfed the 15th-century Nantes Cathedral last week have rearrested a Rwandan refugee who had been questioned and released earlier...
Jul 25, 2020
Brazil registers 1,211 coronavirus deaths on Saturday, health ministry says
By Lisandra Paraguassu SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil registered an additional 1,211 deaths attributable to the novel coronavirus over the last 24 hours and another 51,147 confirmed cases, the health mi...
Jul 25, 2020
North Korea reports first suspected case of COVID-19: KCNA
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea reported its first case of suspected COVID-19, in a person who returned to the North on July 19, state news agency KCNA reported on Sunday. North Korean leader Kim Jong U...
Jul 25, 2020
U.S. man held on suspicion of killing French wife: AFP
PARIS (Reuters) - An American man suspected of killing his French wife has been arrested at Toulouse airport as he prepared to board a flight out of the country, Agence France-Presse reported on Satur...
Jul 25, 2020
EasyJet and British Airways plan to continue UK-Spain flights
LONDON (Reuters) - EasyJet and British Airways told customers on Saturday they did not plan to cancel flights over the coming days, after Britain's government advised against all non-essential travel ...
Jul 25, 2020
Algerian economy contracts 3.9% in first quarter, government says
By Hamid Ould Ahmed ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria's economy contracted 3.9% in the first quarter this year after a 1.3% growth in the same period in 2019, weakened by the coronavirus lockdown and a bad ...
Jul 25, 2020
Queen Elizabeth sees new portrait unveiled at Britain’s Foreign Office
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Foreign Office has unveiled a new portrait of Queen Elizabeth by the artist Miriam Escofet, which the queen viewed online on Friday during a meeting to thank staff for the...
Jul 25, 2020
Liberty, Storm players walk off court during national anthem
(Reuters) - Members of the WNBA's New York Liberty and Seattle Storm teams, in protest of racial inequality, walked to their respective locker rooms during the playing of the U.S. national anthem prio...
Jul 25, 2020
