Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Tennis-Players bemoan lack of ranking points at Wimbledon
By Sudipto Ganguly PARIS (Reuters) - Players were disappointed about the absence of ranking points at Wimbledon this year but had grudgingly accepted the governing bodies' decision, Tunisia's world nu...
May 22, 2022
Tennis-French Open day one
PARIS (Reuters) - Highlights of the first day at the French Open, the second Grand Slam of the year, on Sunday (times GMT): 1515 AUGER-ALIASSIME SURVIVES, ISNER THROUGH Canadian ninth seed Felix Auger...
May 22, 2022
Pakistan opposition leader Khan calls for march to Islamabad
By Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's opposition leader and former prime minister Imran Khan on Sunday announced the date of a march to Islamabad to demand dissolution of assemb...
May 22, 2022
Cycling-Ciccone takes Giro stage win, Carapaz crashes but retains lead
(Reuters) - Giulio Ciccone went solo in the finale to win the 16th stage of the Giro d'Italia, a 177-km mountain trek between Rivarolo Canavese and Cogne on Sunday, as Richard Carapaz retained the ove...
May 22, 2022
Box Office: ‘Downton Abbey 2’ Starts Strong With $16 Million as ‘Doctor Strange’ Rules Again
By Rebecca Rubin LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - The Crawley family still has the royal touch at the box office. "Downton Abbey: A New Era," a sequel to the big-screen continuation of the beloved British ...
May 22, 2022
Tennis-Muguruza’s freefall continues with French Open first-round loss
By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - Former champion Garbine Muguruza suffered a second consecutive first-round exit at the French Open, biting the red dirt in a 2-6 6-3 6-4 loss to Estonian Kaia Kanepi...
May 22, 2022
Austria’s first case of monkeypox confirmed, Vienna health authority says
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's first case of monkeypox has been confirmed, Vienna's health authority said on Sunday after reporting the case as suspected. "Suspected case of pox viruses confirmed," the ...
May 22, 2022
Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes off east coast of Honshu, Japan
(Reuters) - A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck near the east coast of Honshu, Japan's main island on Sunday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 60 ...
May 22, 2022
Hundreds evacuated amid renewed flooding in South Africa’s coastal province
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Hundreds of people have been evacuated to safety after heavy rains once again hammered South Africa's coastal province of KwaZulu-Natal, flooding roads and houses and damaging...
May 22, 2022
Senegal president says he will visit Moscow and Kyiv in coming weeks
DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegalese President Macky Sall said he would visit Moscow and Kyiv in the coming weeks in his capacity as chairman of the African Union, which he said wanted to see de-escalation in...
May 22, 2022
