Category Archives: Syndicated
Spike in U.S. coronavirus cases shows Canada must remain vigilant: Trudeau
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The spike in coronavirus cases in the United States and elsewhere shows Canadians must remain vigilant as the economy gradually reopens, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday...
Jun 29, 2020
India bans 59 mostly Chinese apps including TikTok, UC Browser, WeChat
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has banned 59, mostly Chinese, mobile apps including Bytedance's TikTok, Alibaba's UC Browser and Tencent's WeChat citing security concerns, the government said in a statem...
Jun 29, 2020
Gabon senate votes to decriminalize homosexuality
LIBREVILLE (Reuters) - A large majority of Gabon's senate voted on Monday to decriminalize homosexuality, the president's office said, paving the way for the country to become one of the few in Africa...
Jun 29, 2020
Soundtracks from Italian cinema’s golden age get new lease of life
LONDON (Reuters) - Soundtracks from the golden age of Italian cinema are to be made available to a new generation of music and film lovers under a new partnership between Universal Music Group (UMG) a...
Jun 29, 2020
South African casinos switch slot machines back on, but hurdles remain
PRETORIA, South Africa (Reuters) - When Sun International's Times Square Casino in South Africa's administrative capital Pretoria opens its doors again on Monday, following a three-month shutdown, eve...
Jun 29, 2020
Matonge, an African home in Brussels
By Marine Strauss and Bart Biesemans BRUSSELS (Reuters) - While Belgians confront their colonial past in the wake of global protests over the death of George Floyd in police custody, a neighbourhood i...
Jun 29, 2020
Red Cross/Crescent says LGBT tweet by its Turkey head is ‘offensive’
ANKARA (Reuters) - The global Red Cross and Red Crescent network said on Monday that comments about the LGBT+ community by one of its vice-presidents, who also heads its Turkish unit, were "wrong and ...
Jun 29, 2020
Italy’s Cassandra: the scientist who challenged WHO guidelines
By Giselda Vagnoni ROME (Reuters) - Andrea Crisanti says his one regret is that he didn't yell loudly enough at the beginning, when the dead had yet to pile up. The Italian virologist has become a med...
Jun 29, 2020
Germany uncovers massive online child abuse network
BERLIN (Reuters) - German cyber crime authorities have uncovered a massive online network of at least 30,000 people who share child pornography and exchange advice on how to sedate and abuse minors, l...
Jun 29, 2020
Canadian producer prices, building permits rise in May as coronavirus effects linger
By Kelsey Johnson OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian industrial producer prices rose 1.2% in May on higher prices for meat, fish and dairy products, Statistics Canada said on Monday, as supply chain disrupti...
Jun 29, 2020
