Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Tennis-Azarenka proud of fight in comeback win over Ostapenko
(Reuters) - Former world number one said she was proud of her fighting spirit in Friday's comeback victory against Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko in the semi-finals of the Indian Wells tournament. Azarenka...
Oct 16, 2021
Head of Lebanese Forces party denies Hezbollah claim that group planned Beirut bloodshed
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The head of the Lebanese Forces party (LF) denied late on Friday that his group had planned the street violence in Beirut that killed seven people, and said a meeting held the day b...
Oct 16, 2021
New Zealand vaccinates 2.5% of its people in a day in drive to live with COVID-19
(Reuters) - New Zealand vaccinated at least 2.5% of its people on Saturday as the government tries to accelerate inoculations and live with COVID-19, preliminary health ministry data showed. Through a...
Oct 16, 2021
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 strikes Bali, kills three
JAKARTA (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 struck Indonesia's Bali island on Saturday morning, killing at least three people, Indonesia's search and rescue agency said. The quake affected the ...
Oct 16, 2021
NASA to launch first space probe to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids
(Reuters) - NASA is set on Saturday to launch a first-of-its kind mission, dubbed Lucy, to study Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, two large clusters of space rocks that scientists believe are remnants of p...
Oct 16, 2021
ASEAN chair Brunei confirms junta leader not invited to summit
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Brunei said on Saturday a non-political representative from Myanmar will be invited to an upcoming summit of leaders from Southeast Asian countries this month, effectively sid...
Oct 16, 2021
Darwin family microscope to be sold at auction
LONDON (Reuters) - A microscope Charles Darwin gave his son Leonard and which has remained in the family for nearly 200 years is headed for auction in December, and is expected to fetch up to $480,000...
Oct 16, 2021
Seven Hong Kong activists jailed over unauthorised protest in 2020
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - Seven Hong Kong democracy campaigners, including former lawmakers, were sentenced on Saturday to up to 12 months in jail for their role in a protest last year agai...
Oct 15, 2021
Australian koalas line up for chlamydia vaccine in new trial
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - About 400 Australian koalas will be vaccinated against chlamydia as part of a trial that researchers say they hope could play a significant role in the longer-term survival of th...
Oct 15, 2021
Tennis-‘Today was just not my day’: Zverev regrets shock defeat to Fritz
(Reuters) - Olympic champion Alexander Zverev admitted he blew the chance to win the Indian Wells tournament after Friday's shock quarter-final defeat by American Taylor Fritz and said he just wants t...
Oct 15, 2021
