Category Archives: Syndicated
More migrants caught crossing U.S.-Mexico border despite pandemic restrictions
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Border Patrol detained roughly 30,000 migrants attempting to cross the southwest border with Mexico in June, a 41% increase from the previous month, even as s...
Jul 09, 2020
Top U.S. market’s audit watchdog gives gloomy forecast for quality bookkeeping at U.S.-listed Chinese firms
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An official with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) accounting oversight arm on Thursday said it sees "no prospects" of being able to properl...
Jul 09, 2020
Ontario premier says new measures to help fix ‘broken’ education system
By Moira Warburton TORONTO (Reuters) - Ontario is taking steps to make its "broken" education system more equitable for Black and indigenous students in Canada's most populous province, Premier Doug F...
Jul 09, 2020
Canada not looking to impose China sanctions for now, seeks to avoid escalation
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada is not considering immediate sanctions against China over its treatment of Hong Kong and does not want to escalate a dispute between the two nations, a Can...
Jul 09, 2020
Slovenian parliament endorses coronavirus contact tracking app
By Marja Novak LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Slovenia on Thursday approved the use of a coronavirus contact tracking app which will be obligatory to use for those who are infected or who are in quarantine. Th...
Jul 09, 2020
China cancels international sporting events for rest of 2020
China will not host any major international sporting events the rest of the year, putting tennis, golf and likely esports events on the shelf. The General Administration of Sports announced the only e...
Jul 09, 2020
U.S. military needs to take ‘hard look’ at Confederacy symbols: top general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. general said on Thursday that the military had to take a "hard look" at symbols of the Confederacy and had recommended a commission to look at the issue, even as Pr...
Jul 09, 2020
First coronavirus case confirmed in Syria’s northwest – aid groups
IDLIB, Syria (Reuters) - The first coronavirus case was confirmed in northwest Syria on Thursday, aid workers said, raising fears for a region where hospitals lie in ruins and camps overflow with peop...
Jul 09, 2020
U.S. judge hearing Flynn case asks appeals court to reconsider dismissal
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The judge hearing the criminal prosecution against President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn on Thursday asked an appeals court to rec...
Jul 09, 2020
Pentagon tells Congress: Russian bounty intelligence not corroborated
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Intelligence suggesting Russia paid bounties to the Taliban has not been corroborated and there is no evidence that any payments led to deaths of service members, the Pentagon's...
Jul 09, 2020
