Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Olympics-Teams take strength from flag or knee gesture before matches-Mills
By Karolos Grohmann TOKYO (Reuters) - Teams can find strength in taking the knee or unfurling an Indigenous flag before a game like Australia's women's soccer team did on Wednesday, Australian basketb...
Jul 21, 2021
Opening ceremony director dismissed after past comments on Holocaust, Tokyo 2020 says
TOKYO (Reuters) - The director of the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has been dismissed, organisers said on Thursday, following news reports about his past comments on the Holocaust. Toky...
Jul 21, 2021
Angry Indian farmers to protest near parliament
By Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian farmers, protesting over three new farm laws they say threaten their livelihoods, will start a sit-in near parliament in the centre of the capital New D...
Jul 21, 2021
Protests rock northern Haiti city ahead of president’s funeral
By Herbert Villarraga CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (Reuters) - Unrest roiled the northern Haitian city of Cap-Haitien on Wednesday as demonstrators set up road blocks in protest against the assassination earlie...
Jul 21, 2021
Olympics-‘Fight!’: Japan cheerleaders root for athletes as Games set to open
By Chris Gallagher TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese cheerleaders danced and waved pom poms outside a Tokyo train station on Thursday to show their support for Olympic athletes the day before the pandemic-po...
Jul 21, 2021
Biden says CDC will advise unvaccinated kids to mask up in school this fall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said Wednesday the Centers for Disease Control is likely to advise that kids who haven't been vaccinated against COVID-19 should wear masks when they re...
Jul 21, 2021
Olympics opening ceremony director steps down over past comments on holocaust -paper
TOKYO (Reuters) - Olympics opening ceremony show director Kentaro Kobayashi has stepped down from his post following news reports about his past comments on the Holocaust, the Mainichi newspaper repor...
Jul 21, 2021
Stocks shrug off virus worries; ECB in focus
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks rallied on Thursday, bonds nursed losses and oil held onto sharp gains as investors seemed to set aside virus jitters for now and looked ahead to th...
Jul 21, 2021
Olympics-Softball-U.S. beats Canada as Abbott strikes out nine
By Paresh Dave FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - The United States scored a 1-0 victory over Canada as U.S. pitcher Monica Abbott dominated the Canadian batters from the start on the second day of softball...
Jul 21, 2021
Two Olympic athletes test positive for COVID-19 – organisers
(Corrects to 12 new positive cases, not 11; and the total to 87.) TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo 2020 Olympic organisers said on Thursday two athletes residing in the Olympic village tested positive for COVI...
Jul 21, 2021
