Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Soccer-Former Brazil striker Ronaldo buys second division Cruzeiro
(Reuters) - Retired Real Madrid and Brazil striker Ronaldo has bought a controlling stake in his former club Cruzeiro, the player and the club said on Saturday. Ronaldo, who played for Cruzeiro as a t...
Dec 18, 2021
Final Chile presidential polls show leftist Boric edging ahead
By Natalia A. Ramos Miranda SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean leftist Gabriel Boric has widened his lead in the final polls ahead of the Andean country's presidential election on Sunday, though the polariz...
Dec 18, 2021
Hong Kong candidates run in “patriots”-only legislative election
By Aleksander Solum HONG KONG (Reuters) - Adrian Lau is one of a very few independent candidates running in elections Sunday for Hong Kong's Legislative Council. The elections are the first since Beij...
Dec 18, 2021
UK scientists suggest many more have Omicron coronavirus variant than reported
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientific advisors to Britain's government said it was "almost certain" that hundreds of thousands of people were being infected with the Omicron coronavirus variant every day and ...
Dec 18, 2021
NBA-Nets’ Durant, Irving enter COVID-19 health and safety protocols
(Reuters) - Brooklyn Nets stars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving have entered into the league's COVID-19 health and safety protocols, multiple media outlets reported on Saturday. Durant has been putting ...
Dec 18, 2021
Dutch PM Rutte: Netherlands will go into lockdown from Sunday
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The Netherlands will go into a new lockdown from Sunday morning to try to limit COVID-19 infections because of the Omicron coronavirus variant, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on ...
Dec 18, 2021
Jury may weigh whether Ghislaine Maxwell avoided knowledge of Epstein’s acts, judge says
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - The jury in Ghislaine Maxwell's sex abuse trial may weigh whether the British socialite "consciously avoided" knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's alleged encounters with t...
Dec 18, 2021
Athletics-Olympic champion Jacobs says he will run 200 metres in 2022
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's double Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs said on Saturday he would try out the 200 metres in some races next year, moving up from his usual 100m speciality. Jacobs, who h...
Dec 18, 2021
Jefferies CEO ‘tentatively shooting’ for Jan. 17 return to office
(Reuters) - Jefferies Financial Group Inc Chief Executive Officer Richard Handler said on Saturday the company is "tentatively shooting" for Jan. 17 as a return to office date. In an Instagram post, H...
Dec 18, 2021
U.S. Air Force says two crew supporting Blinken’s foreign trip tested positive
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. Air Force crew members supporting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's travel last week to the United Kingdom and Southeast Asia have tested positiv...
Dec 18, 2021
