Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK’s Sunak tries to move on from COVID with new spending plans
By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak will try to show that he is moving on from the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday when he announces multi-billion-pound investm...
Oct 26, 2021
Factbox – Mort Sahl’s satirical observations
(Reuters) - Mort Sahl pulled on a V-neck sweater and carried a newspaper when he took to the stage to shape political satire. His highly improvised act had an influence on several generations of comed...
Oct 26, 2021
U.S. lawmakers express concern over reports of potential Turkey F-16 purchase
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic and Republican U.S. lawmakers urged President Joe Biden's administration not to sell F-16 fighter jets to Turkey and said they were confident Con...
Oct 26, 2021
Colombia saw 42,600 hectares deforested in Amazon through June this year
By Oliver Griffin BOGOTA (Reuters) - Some 42,600 hectares (105,267 acres) of rainforest were destroyed in Colombia's Amazon across three of the Andean country's provinces in the first half of 2021, th...
Oct 26, 2021
Doping-‘Operation Hercules’ finds Ukraine warned athletes of tests
(Reuters) - Ukraine's National Anti-Doping Centre (NADC) had athletes make appointments for unannounced tests and warned others of when they would be tested, according to a World Anti-Doping Agency (W...
Oct 26, 2021
Activision Blizzard pauses plans for online BlizzCon in 2022
(Reuters) - Activision Blizzard Inc on Tuesday paused plans for an online version of the video game publisher's annual BlizzCon convention that was scheduled for early next year. The company did not g...
Oct 26, 2021
U.S. CDC says Walmart spray behind melioidosis outbreak
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday confirmed that an aromatherapy spray sold by Walmart or one of its ingredients caused four melioidosis infections earli...
Oct 26, 2021
Olympics-Lululemon on a mission as company kits out Canadian athletes
By Steve Keating TORONTO (Reuters) - Lululemon (LULU.O) staged a splashy unveiling of the team kit Canadian Olympic athletes will wear at the Beijing Winter Games on Tuesday, while citing a mission st...
Oct 26, 2021
U.S. comedian Mort Sahl dead at age 94 – New York Times
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. comedian Mort Sahl, widely considered the father of modern political satire, has died at the age of 94, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. The newspaper quoted a frie...
Oct 26, 2021
NFL-League says 94.1% of players have received COVID-19 vaccine
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The National Football League (NFL) said on Tuesday that 94.1% of its players had received the COVID-19 vaccine, a slight uptick since the regular season kicked off last month. The...
Oct 26, 2021
