Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive-Visa complains to U.S. govt about India backing for local rival RuPay
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Visa Inc has complained to the U.S. government that India's "informal and formal" promotion of domestic payments rival RuPay hurts the U.S. giant in a key market,...
Nov 27, 2021
Guatemalan stowaway survives flight to Miami hidden in plane’s landing gear
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - A Guatemalan stowaway hidden in the landing gear compartment of an American Airlines jet survived a flight on Saturday from his home country to Miami, where he was turned o...
Nov 27, 2021
Indonesia bans arrivals from 8 African countries to curb Omicron variant -document
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia will ban the arrival of travellers who have been in eight African countries, to curb the spread of the new Omicron variant of COVID-19, an official document showed on Sun...
Nov 27, 2021
China study warns of ‘colossal’ COVID outbreak if it opens up like U.S., France
BEIJING (Reuters) - China could face more than 630,000 COVID-19 infections a day if it dropped its zero-tolerance policies by lifting travel curbs, according to a study by Peking University mathematic...
Nov 27, 2021
New Zealand politician cycles to hospital in labour, gives birth
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - New Zealand Member of Parliament Julie Anne Genter got on her bicycle early on Sunday and headed to the hospital. She was already in labour and she gave birth an hour later. "Big...
Nov 27, 2021
Calm returns as clean-up begins in Solomon Islands -media
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Soldiers and police from Australia and Papua New Guinea were helping to restore calm in the Solomon Islands as clean-up operations started, after several days of rioting left thr...
Nov 27, 2021
Mixed Martial Arts-McGregor expects to resume sparring by April
(Reuters) - Conor McGregor, who underwent surgery for a broken leg suffered during a July fight, said on Saturday he expects to fully resume sparring by April, at which point the former UFC two-weight...
Nov 27, 2021
Soccer-Matildas will not change how they play, says Gustavsson after US loss
(Reuters) - Australia coach Tony Gustavsson has no plans to alter his tactical approach despite seeing his Matildas side slip to a heavy loss at the hands of the United States on Saturday. Gustavsson'...
Nov 27, 2021
Soccer-Libertadores triumph cements Portuguese coach’s iconic status
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Palmeiras won the Copa Libertadores for the second year in a row on Saturday and in doing so created a new club great in coach Abel Ferreira. The 42-year-old Portuguese was alre...
Nov 27, 2021
Alpine skiing-Last rodeo for Canadian Cowboys as Osborne-Pardis skies off into sunset
By Steve Keating LAKE LOUISE, Alberta (Reuters) - Manny Osborne-Paradis, the last of the Canadian Cowboys, skied off into the sunset on Saturday, leaving the country's next generation of World Cup dow...
Nov 27, 2021
