Category Archives: Syndicated
Italian lawmaker carried out of parliament after yelling insults
ROME (Reuters) - A hot-headed Italian lawmaker was carried out of parliament by his arms and legs on Thursday after yelling abuse at fellow parliamentarians. Art critic and lower house deputy Vittorio...
Jun 25, 2020
Ivory Coast says Burkina Faso national led deadly attack against army
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's army said on Thursday it had identified a detained Burkina Faso national as the coordinator of a suspected jihadist attack that killed at least 13 soldiers this month...
Jun 25, 2020
Canada’s Trudeau rejects call to swap Huawei executive for detainees in China
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday rejected a call to swap an imprisoned Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL] executive for two citizens held by Be...
Jun 25, 2020
Calls to defund police on collision course with U.S. city budget gaps
By Karen Pierog CHICAGO (Reuters) - A movement in the United States to defund local police departments, sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, is colliding with a grim budget reality fac...
Jun 25, 2020
Texas temporarily halts phased reopening as COVID-19 infections surge
(Reuters) - Texas Governor Greg Abbott said on Thursday that he was temporarily halting the state's phased economic reopening in response to a jump in recent COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations. ...
Jun 25, 2020
Golf: Six-times runner-up Mickelson gets exemption into U.S. Open
By Frank Pingue (Reuters) - Phil Mickelson will get another shot to complete the career Grand Slam thanks to an adjusted exemption criteria for this year's U.S. Open that was announced by the United S...
Jun 25, 2020
U.S. Senate backs sanctions if China restricts Hong Kong autonomy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate backed legislation on Thursday calling for mandatory sanctions on individuals or companies that back efforts by China to restrict Hong Kong's autonomy, as the go...
Jun 25, 2020
Coronavirus may have infected 10 times more Americans than reported, CDC says
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Government experts believe more than 20 million Americans could have contracted the coronavirus, 10 times more than official counts, indicating many people with...
Jun 25, 2020
Portugal brings back some coronavirus lockdown measures in Lisbon
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal will bring back the stay at home rule in several areas of Greater Lisbon to fight a worrying wave of coronavirus cases on the city's outskirts, the government announced on ...
Jun 25, 2020
Vaccine against COVID-19 not certain, maybe in a year: WHO
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - It is not certain that scientists will be able to create an effective vaccine against the coronavirus that has caused the COVID-19 pandemic, but it could take a year before one we...
Jun 25, 2020
