Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Nigeria sets date for first census in 17 years
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria will start its first national census in 17 years at the end of March, as authorities in Africa's most populous country seek updated data on the exact population and the size ...
Jan 21, 2023
Soccer-Juventus must maintain focus amid off-field turmoil, says Allegri
(Reuters) - Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri urged his team to "do their duty" on the pitch after the Serie A side were deducted 15 points by an Italian soccer court on Friday, leaving them maroo...
Jan 21, 2023
Tennis-Marathon man Murray runs out of steam against Bautista Agut
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Andy Murray's brave Australian Open run ground to a halt against Roberto Bautista Agut, the Spaniard fending off the fatigued former world number one 6-1 6-7(7) 6-3...
Jan 21, 2023
Wolfspeed plans multi-billion dollar chip factory in Germany – Handelsblatt
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - U.S. power chip maker Wolfspeed Inc is planning to build a factory in Germany for more than 2 billion euros ($2.17 billion), Handelsblatt reported on Saturday. The German auto su...
Jan 21, 2023
Tennis-Djokovic dismisses Dimitrov to soldier on at Australian Open
By Shrivathsa Sridhar MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic continued his charge towards a 10th Australian Open title with a superb 7-6(7) 6-3 6-4 victory over Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov to reach the fo...
Jan 21, 2023
Tennis-Shelton gets better of Popyrin and ‘rowdy’ crowd to roar into last 16
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - American Ben Shelton put on a masterclass in powerhouse hitting to down local favourite Alexei Popyrin 6-3 7-6(4) 6-4 in the Australian Open on Saturday to move into the last 16 ...
Jan 21, 2023
Tennis-Zhang wishes WTA could return to China
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Chinese number one Zhang Shuai hopes the WTA tour can return to her country this season as it opens up after abandoning the "zero-COVID" policy but said the Peng Sh...
Jan 21, 2023
Russia’s Wagner chief writes to White House over new U.S. sanctions
(Reuters) - The head of the Russian private military contractor Wagner published on Saturday a short letter to the White House asking what crime his company was accused of, after Washington announced ...
Jan 21, 2023
Six injured in Jammu blasts before India opposition leader Gandhi arrives
By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR (Reuters) - At least six people were injured on Saturday in two blasts in Jammu, the principal Indian city in a region disputed by neighbouring Pakistan, police said, ahead o...
Jan 21, 2023
Yellen, at former slave port, sees path of renewal for Africa and U.S.
By Andrea Shalal GOREE ISLAND, Senegal (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Saturday spoke of the "unspeakable cruelty" and enduring consequences of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, but ...
Jan 21, 2023
