Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Siemens Mobility wins $8.7 billion high-speed rail deal in Egypt
BERLIN (Reuters) - Egypt has signed a contract with industrial manufacturing company Siemens' rail and traffic unit and its consortium partners to build about 2,000 kilometres of high-speed railways, ...
May 28, 2022
Pope’s July visit to Africa to go ahead despite health issues
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis is set to make a gruelling trip to two African countries in July despite knee problems that have forced him to use a cane and wheelchair in rec...
May 28, 2022
Cycling-Hindley on brink of first Giro title after stealing pink jersey from Carapaz
MARMOLADA, Italy (Reuters) - Jai Hindley is on the brink of his first Giro d'Italia title after stealing the pink jersey on the 20th and final mountainous stage, a 167-kilometre ride from Belluno to M...
May 28, 2022
Tennis-Jeering from home French crowd hurt more than injury pain, says Cornet
By Sudipto Ganguly PARIS (Reuters) - Alize Cornet said she was more hurt by the jeering from her home crowd than the pain from the injury that forced her to retire from her French Open third-round mat...
May 28, 2022
Fire engulfs superyacht in British marina
LONDON (Reuters) - Fire ripped through a superyacht in southwest England on Saturday, sending thick plumes of black smoke into the sky and briefly releasing the burning vessel to drift across its mari...
May 28, 2022
Tennis-Injured Badosa retires, Giorgi packs off Sabalenka in Paris
By Sudipto Ganguly PARIS (Reuters) - Third seed Paula Badosa was forced to retire with a right calf injury from her third round match against Veronika Kudermetova at the French Open on Saturday while ...
May 28, 2022
Macron, Scholz urge Putin to release Azovstal fighters – Elysee palace
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday to release the 2,500 Ukrainian defenders of the Azovstal steel p...
May 28, 2022
Tennis-Second seed Medvedev trounces Kecmanovic in straight sets for fourth round spot
By Karolos Grohmann PARIS (Reuters) - Second seed Daniil Medvedev cruised past Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia with a comfortable 6-2 6-4 6-2 victory in less than two hours on Saturday to advance to the F...
May 28, 2022
Ukraine’s former President blocked from leaving the country
(Reuters) - Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko was prevented from leaving Ukraine to take part in a meeting of a NATO body in Lithuania, his party's parliamentary faction said on Saturday. Po...
May 28, 2022
Putin says he’s willing to discuss resuming Ukrainian grain shipments
(Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin told the leaders of France and Germany in a phone call on Saturday that Russia was willing to discuss ways to make it possible for Ukraine to resume shipme...
May 28, 2022
