Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Olympics-Beijing Games organiser reports 8 new COVID-19 cases on Feb 11
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee said on Saturday that a total of eight new COVID-19 cases were detected among games-related personnel on Feb. 11. All of the ...
Feb 11, 2022
Swimming-Swimming Australia appoints Stockwell as president
(Reuters) - Swimming Australia has named three-times Olympic champion Tracy Stockwell as its new president, the appointment coming in the wake of a recent apology for its treatment of women and girls ...
Feb 11, 2022
Olympics-Snowboarding-US veterans win gold in snowboard cross mixed team event
By Mari Saito and Winni Zhou ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) -The United States won gold in the inaugural snowboard cross mixed team event at the Beijing Games on Saturday, with Lindsey Jacobellis beatin...
Feb 11, 2022
Olympics-Figure skating-Nassar whistleblower says Valieva case highlights vulnerability of young athletes
By Amy Tennery BEIJING (Reuters) - Rachael Denhollander, the first woman to publicly accuse former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar of sexual abuse, told Reuters that Russian skating prodigy Kamila ...
Feb 11, 2022
Republican senator targets Biden’s Fed nominee Raskin
(Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Banking committee's top Republican on Friday took renewed aim at President Joe Biden's nominee to a senior Federal Reserve post, Sarah Bloom Raskin, suggesting she had impr...
Feb 11, 2022
Olympics-Snowboarding-Australian Brockhoff crashes, taken off course on stretcher
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - Australia's Belle Brockhoff was taken off the snowboard cross course by stretcher on Saturday after she fell during the mixed team quarter-final at the Beijing Games. Th...
Feb 11, 2022
U.N. official urges Mexico to find alternatives to migrant detention or asylum
By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico must seek alternatives to detention and asylum for migrants, especially ahead of an anticipated increase in arrivals this year, the U.N. refugee agency's...
Feb 11, 2022
Micronesia to temporarily rescind withdrawal from Pacific forum
(Reuters) - The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) will temporarily rescind its withdrawal from the Pacific's main political forum, the country's foreign ministry said on Saturday, hours ahead of a ...
Feb 11, 2022
New Zealand urges its citizens in Ukraine to leave immediately
(Reuters) - New Zealand's foreign ministry urged on Saturday all New Zealanders in Ukraine to leave immediately in response to heightened tensions between Russia and Ukraine. "Aotearoa New Zealand doe...
Feb 11, 2022
China gives conditional approval for Pfizer’s COVID drug Paxlovid
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's medical products regulator said on Saturday it has given conditional approval for Pfizer's COVID-19 medicine Paxlovid to treat adults with mild to moderate disease who have...
Feb 11, 2022
