Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Canada to fund health study on how oil sands impact Indigenous communities
By Nia Williams (Reuters) - Canada will fund an Indigenous-led study into how oil sands development impacts the health of local communities, the government said on Wednesday, following a tailings wate...
Aug 07, 2024
Romanian prosecutors arrest doctors suspected of murder by withholding medication
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian prosecutors arrested two hospital doctors they suspect murdered a patient by reducing critical blood pressure medication, they said on Wednesday, in a wider case concern...
Aug 07, 2024
Hamas' Hayya seen in key role under new leader Sinwar, sources say
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) - Hamas politician Khalil al-Hayya is set to continue leading indirect negotiations with Israel for a Gaza ceasefire with guidance from the group's newly appointed...
Aug 07, 2024
Olympics-Grieving family hurt by police officer's role in Olympic ceremony
By Layli Foroudi PARIS (Reuters) - A French police officer who fatally shot a teenager of Tunisian heritage during a traffic stop in 2021 was among BMX riders who took part in the Paris Olympics openi...
Aug 07, 2024
Olympics-Athletics-Holloway storms into hurdles final, Parchment sneaks in again
By Mitch Phillips PARIS (Reuters) - American hot favourite Grant Holloway continued to look a class apart in the 110 metres hurdles on Wednesday as he qualified fastest for the Olympic final, where th...
Aug 07, 2024
Venezuela opposition candidate rejects Supreme Court summons
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez, who insists he won the country's July 28 election, did not answer a Supreme Court summons on Wednesday, after publishing a letter s...
Aug 07, 2024
Olympics-Cycling-United States win women's team pursuit gold
SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (Reuters) - The United States won the gold medal in the Olympic track cycling women's team pursuit for the first time as they beat New Zealand in the final at the nat...
Aug 07, 2024
NASA says Starliner astronauts could return on SpaceX in Feb 2025 if needed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA said on Wednesday that astronauts delivered to the International Space Station by Boeing's Starliner could return on SpaceX's Crew Dragon in February 2025 if Starliner is s...
Aug 07, 2024
Minnesota court upholds Walz-backed law restoring felons' right to vote
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a law, signed last year by Governor Tim Walz who is now the Democratic vice presidential candidate, that restores the right to ...
Aug 07, 2024
Olympics-U.S. and Japan figure skaters receive Beijing medals in Paris in long-awaited ceremony
By Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber PARIS (Reuters) - Two-and-a-half years after competing at the Beijing Winter Olympics, American and Japanese figure skaters stepped on to the podium in Paris on Wednesday t...
Aug 07, 2024
