Category Archives: Syndicated
Egg salad and a basketball star provide one California cafe’s coronavirus lifeline
By Ann Saphir OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Each day, employees at Farley's East cafe in Oakland, California fix about 200 turkey, ham and egg salad sandwich lunch plates to be distributed free to the h...
Jul 02, 2020
Johnny Depp’s ‘wife beater’ libel case can go ahead, UK judge rules
LONDON (Reuters) - A British judge ruled on Thursday that Hollywood star Johnny Depp's libel case against The Sun newspaper over claims he abused his ex-wife can go ahead next week after rejecting the...
Jul 02, 2020
Net gains: Thai project turns fishing nets into virus protection gear
By Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Juarawee Kittisilpa RAYONG/AYUTTHAYA, Thailand (Reuters) - Thai fisherman Anan Jaitang used to pile tattered nylon fishing nets on the beach after hauls of wriggling cra...
Jul 02, 2020
Delta’s global growth drive stalled by Latin American bankruptcies
By Marcelo Rochabrun and Tracy Rucinski (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines had a strategy for years: expand worldwide by buying stakes in airlines and partner with them while avoiding the cost and red tape o...
Jul 02, 2020
Greece urges Turkey to keep Hagia Sophia as museum
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece said on Thursday Turkey risked opening up "a huge emotional chasm" with Christian countries if it pressed ahead with a proposal to convert the Hagia Sophia museum in Istanbul...
Jul 02, 2020
Vietnam protests Chinese military drills in South China Sea
By Phuong Nguyen HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's foreign ministry has lodged a complaint with China over military drills in the South China Sea that it said were "detrimental" to Beijing's relationship wi...
Jul 02, 2020
English test and trace scheme says 73% of COVID-19 contacts reached in fourth week
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Department of Health on Thursday said 16,804 close contacts of positive COVID-19 cases had been reached under England's track and trace system, nearly three-quarters of th...
Jul 02, 2020
Eight years after bombing, Somalia reopens national theatre
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Eight years after a suicide bomber destroyed the building, Somalia has reopened its imposing national theatre in Mogadishu as a symbol of culture in the heart of a city often def...
Jul 02, 2020
Sweden extends entry restrictions on visitors from outside the EU
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The Swedish government said on Thursday it had extended temporary restrictions introduced in March on entries to the European Union through Sweden to August 31. The restrictions,...
Jul 02, 2020
UK government recognises Guaido as Venezuela’s president in gold dispute, judge rules
LONDON (Reuters) - A London court ruled on Thursday that the British government recognizes Juan Guaido as Venezuela's president, instead of Nicolas Maduro, in a case to decide which leader controls $2...
Jul 02, 2020
