Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Soccer-Sanchez header seals late win for Spurs at Watford
By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) -Tottenham Hotspur's top-four ambitions received a New Year's Day boost as defender Davinson Sanchez proved an unlikely match-winner deep into stoppage time to hand h...
Jan 01, 2022
Rallying-Qatar’s al-Attiyah takes the lead after Dakar prologue
(Reuters) - Qatar's Nasser Al-Attiyah won the prologue to the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia on Saturday as last year's overall runner-up made a strong start to his bid for a fourth victory in the endura...
Jan 01, 2022
Olympics-Team Canada CEO “worried” if Beijing Games can go ahead as planned
By Steve Keating (Reuters) - With just over a month until the Beijing Winter Olympics opening ceremony the CEO of the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) said he is increasingly concerned if the Games ca...
Jan 01, 2022
Jamaica to deport Colombian wanted in Haiti president assassination
By Kate Chappell KINGSTON (Reuters) - A former Colombian military member implicated in last year's assassination of Haiti President Jovenel Moise will be deported from Jamaica to his home country on J...
Jan 01, 2022
France sixth country with more than 10 million COVID infections
PARIS (Reuters) -France became the sixth country in the world to report more than 10 million COVID-19 infections since the outbreak of the pandemic, according to official data published on Saturday. F...
Jan 01, 2022
Italy reports 141,262 coronavirus cases, 111 deaths
ROME (Reuters) - Italy reported 141,262 COVID-19 related cases on Saturday, following 144,243 the day before, the health ministry said, while the number of deaths fell to 111 from 155. Italy has regis...
Jan 01, 2022
Dan Reeves, former NFL head coach and player, dead at 77
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - Dan Reeves, a longtime NFL head coach and former player, died Saturday at the age of 77, his family said in a statement. Reeves died "due to complications from dementia," the ...
Jan 01, 2022
Strikes shut down UPM pulp and paper plants in Finland
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Some 3,000 workers at Finnish forestry group UPM went on strike on Saturday, shutting plants, the company said on Saturday. Three unions representing paper workers, managerial sta...
Jan 01, 2022
England reports 162,572 new COVID-19 cases, another record
LONDON (Reuters) - England reported a record high daily total of 162,572 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, up from 160,276 the previous day, official data showed. The daily update also showed 154 new...
Jan 01, 2022
Iran Revolutionary Guards say they kill 6 ‘bandits’ in restive area
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards killed six "armed bandits" in the country's southeast on Saturday, the elite force said on its website, in a second day of clashes in an impoverished and ...
Jan 01, 2022
