Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Soccer-No truth to rumours Danish FA is planning to leave FIFA, says DBU
By Philip O'Connor AL RAYYAN, Qatar (Reuters) - There is no truth to rumours that the Danish Football Association (DBU) is planning to leave FIFA following a storm over the "OneLove" armband, the asso...
Nov 23, 2022
Analysis-Soccer-Modric magic in vain as Croatia lack attacking firepower
By Hritika Sharma AL KHOR, Qatar (Reuters) - Few have fancied Croatia to repeat their odds-defying 2018 run to the World Cup final in Qatar, but one hurdle they were definitely expected to clear was t...
Nov 23, 2022
White House condemns attacks in Jerusalem
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday condemned two bomb blasts at bus stops in Jerusalem and said the United States had offered to help Israel in its investigation of the attacks, in wh...
Nov 23, 2022
Soccer-Germany players cover mouths in team photo amid armband row
(Replaces mouth with mouths in headline) DOHA (Reuters) - Germany players placed their hands over their mouths during a team photo ahead of their game against Japan in a World Cup Group E match on Wed...
Nov 23, 2022
News Corp-Fox merger plan faces opposition from major shareholder – WSJ
(Reuters) -Independent Franchise Partners, a major investor in News Corp and Fox Corp, opposes media mogul Rupert Murdoch's plan to recombine the companies, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesd...
Nov 23, 2022
Half of Moldova without power after Russian strikes on Ukraine – deputy PM
CHISINAU (Reuters) -Russian missile strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure have caused blackouts across half of neighbouring Moldova, the deputy prime minister of Moldova said on Wednesday. "Massi...
Nov 23, 2022
Dr Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson dies aged 75
LONDON (Reuters) - Wilko Johnson, guitarist for 1970s pub-rock band Dr Feelgood and influencer of Britain's punk rock movement, has died aged 75. A statement on Johnson's Twitter page said the musicia...
Nov 23, 2022
China will use timely RRR cuts to keep liquidity ample -state media cites cabinet
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will use timely cuts in banks' reserve requirement ratio (RRR), alongside other monetary policy tools, to keep liquidity reasonably ample, state media on Wednesday quoted a c...
Nov 23, 2022
Switzerland adopts EU’s eighth package of sanctions
BERLIN (Reuters) - The Swiss government said on Wednesday it had adopted further sanctions against Russia, in line with the European Union's eighth package of sanctions over the war in Ukraine. The me...
Nov 23, 2022
Indigenous fashion designers, artisans challenge plagiarism on Mexico City runway
By Aida Pelaez-Fernandez MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Wrapped in colorful haute couture, artisans and indigenous designers took a Mexico City fashion event by storm, all while trying to carve out a sustain...
Nov 23, 2022
