Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Tennis-Nadal feels lucky to be part of dominant ‘Big Three’
(Reuters) - Rafa Nadal said he was lucky to be part of an era of tennis that included Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic after the Spaniard won a men's record 21st Grand Slam title at the Australian Ope...
Jan 31, 2022
U.S. federal prisons locked down after deadly gang fight
(Reuters) - All federal prisons in the United States were locked down on Tuesday after a deadly gang brawl involving several inmates at a penitentiary in Texas. The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) wrote in an...
Jan 31, 2022
U.S. FTC to review Microsoft deal for Activision – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - An antitrust review of Microsoft Corp's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc will be handled by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Bloomberg News reported late on Monday, ...
Jan 31, 2022
Science podcaster calls Spotify’s support of Joe Rogan a ‘slap in the face’
By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) - The executive producer and host of Gimlet Media's Science Vs podcast said she would devote her fact-checking show exclusively to contradicting misinformation on other p...
Jan 31, 2022
Australia’s Boral to return A$3 billion to shareholders, shares rise
(Reuters) - Building material maker Boral Ltd will return A$3 billion ($2.12 billion) to its shareholders using mostly proceeds from the sale of several North American businesses that helped it refocu...
Jan 31, 2022
Olympics-Beijing Games organisers hope to have 30% capacity in venues
By Karolos Grohmann BEIJING (Reuters) - Organisers of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are hoping for stadium capacities of at least 30% despite China's enforcement of tight regulations to contain the...
Jan 31, 2022
Japan parliament adopts resolution on human rights in China
By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's parliament on Tuesday adopted a resolution on the "serious human rights situation" in China, and called Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government to take ...
Jan 31, 2022
Australia’s central bank ends bond buying, in no rush to hike rates
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's central bank kept its cash rate at a record low of 0.1% on Tuesday and ended its A$275 billion ($194.40 billion) bond buying campaign as expected, but push...
Jan 31, 2022
Kazakhstan’s lower house speaker Nigmatulin resigns
ALMATY (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's lower house speaker Nurlan Nigmatulin has submitted a resignation letter, the central election commission said on Tuesday. The lower house is set to review Nigmatulin's...
Jan 31, 2022
Olympics-Speed skating-Hungary’s Liu hopes to wave two flags on the short track
By Julien Pretot BEIJING (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee has strict rules on flags but it is unlikely to raise an eyebrow if Liu Shaolin waves a special banner at the Beijing Games. Th...
Jan 31, 2022
