Category Archives: Syndicated
Locked-down puppeteer brings her characters to life in Madrid flat
MADRID (Reuters) - Madrid-based Colombian actress and puppeteer Yohana Yara has been using her time in lockdown filming puppet shows on her balcony and creating an online fan base for her characters. ...
Jun 18, 2020
Taiwan central bank holds fire on rates, cuts growth outlook again
By Yimou Lee and Liang-sa Loh TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's central bank unexpectedly left its policy rate unchanged on Thursday but further reduced its growth forecast for 2020, as the coronavirus pand...
Jun 18, 2020
Health officials praise Laos after coronavirus-free declaration
By Kay Johnson BANGKOK (Reuters) - International health organizations on Thursday praised Laos' early response and countrywide networks for containing the novel coronavirus after the Southeast Asian n...
Jun 18, 2020
EU leaders to greenlight extending Russia economic sanctions, sources say
WARSAW (Reuters) - European Union leaders are expected on Friday to back extending the bloc's main economic sanctions against Russia until the end of January, 2021, diplomatic sources and officials sa...
Jun 18, 2020
Divers cut, plant coral off UAE coast to build reef
By Alexander Cornwell FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates (Reuters) - Off the east coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) coral freshly removed from a reef is cut into pieces and replanted by a group of d...
Jun 18, 2020
Iberia reschedules new Airbus deliveries, to withdraw 14 A340s
MADRID (Reuters) - Iberia has rescheduled deliveries of Airbus A350 and A320neo aircraft, and plans to withdraw 14 older Airbus A340 jets from its fleet, as the coronavirus crisis curbs air travel. Th...
Jun 18, 2020
From Damascus to Berlin: A Reuters journalist’s quest for family reunion
By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) - It was still dark in Damascus as I walked down the stairs, my new life contained in a red suitcase. My mother stood next to the taxi door praying for my safety. My...
Jun 18, 2020
Futures drift lower ahead of jobless claims data
By Medha Singh and Devik Jain (Reuters) - Futures tracking the S&P 500 and Dow indexes edged lower on Thursday as caution over an uptick in COVID-19 infections in parts of the United States and China ...
Jun 18, 2020
As Mexico focuses on coronavirus, drug gang violence rises
By Drazen Jorgic and Uriel Sanchez MEXICO CITY/ACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) - The coronavirus is threatening to hamstring Mexico's fight against some of its most vicious drug gangs, as police and offici...
Jun 18, 2020
‘Taking the knee’ seems to be from Game of Thrones: UK foreign minister
LONDON (Reuters) - British foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Thursday that "taking the knee" seems to have come from the fantasy TV drama series "Game of Thrones" and felt like a symbol of subjuga...
Jun 18, 2020
