Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Olympics-NHL bombshell unlikely to prompt further withdrawals from Beijing -Ruggiero
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) - Four-time Olympian and former International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Angela Ruggiero said the National Hockey League's (NHL) pullout from the Beijing Winter Games is u...
Dec 22, 2021
Over 300 tax customs officials quit over Brazil’s 2022 budget
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Over 300 Brazilian senior officials have resigned from their posts over budget cuts to the country's tax and customs agency, one of the agency's unions said on Wednesday, amid an...
Dec 22, 2021
Soccer-Chelsea and Tottenham reach League Cup semi-finals
LONDON (Reuters) - A much-changed Chelsea side featuring several academy players beat Brentford 2-0 to reach the League Cup semi-finals where they were joined by Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday. An own...
Dec 22, 2021
China Telecom plans to continue some U.S. services after FCC revokes authorization
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China Telecom's U.S. unit said Wednesday it plans to continue providing some services in the United States in 2022 after a U.S. regulator revoked its authori...
Dec 22, 2021
Brazil sees 3,451 new coronavirus cases, 143 deaths
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil registered 3,451 new cases of coronavirus and 143 further COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday. (Reporting by Nayara Figueiredo; Edi...
Dec 22, 2021
Norway wealth fund divests from China’s Yunnan Baiyao over pangolins
OSLO (Reuters) -Norway's $1.4 trillion wealth fund has divested from Chinese pharmaceutical firm Yunnan Baiyao, saying the decision was because the company uses and sells body parts from pangolins, an...
Dec 22, 2021
El Salvador re-elects attorney general who fed friction with U.S
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador's Congress on Wednesday re-elected Rodolfo Delgado to serve for three more years as attorney general, despite U.S. concerns about his appointment and his decision ...
Dec 22, 2021
Novavax says COVID vaccine triggers immune response to Omicron variant
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) -Novavax Inc's COVID-19 vaccine is effective in generating an immune response against the Omicron variant, and an additional booster dose produces further immune resistance...
Dec 22, 2021
Alpine skiing-Heartbreak for Noel as Foss-Solevaag wins Madonna di Campiglio slalom
MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO, Italy (Reuters) - Norway's Sebastian Foss-Solevaag claimed victory in a World Cup slalom in Madonna di Campiglio, Italy, as front runner Clement Noel missed the last pair of pole...
Dec 22, 2021
Manchin’s West Virginia worst in the nation for power reliability
By Nichola Groom and Tim McLaughlin (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Joe Manchin has said one of the reasons he can't support President Joe Biden's sweeping climate and social spending bill was that its incen...
Dec 22, 2021
