Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Tennis-U.S. Open champion Thiem to miss rest of 2021 season with wrist injury
(Reuters) -Austria's Dominic Thiem will not defend his U.S. Open title after having to pull out of the hardcourt major with a wrist injury, the world number six said on Wednesday. Thiem, who suffered ...
Aug 18, 2021
UK’s M&S takes Percy Pig and other products to over 150 countries
LONDON (Reuters) - British retailer Marks & Spencer will sell 800 food products, including Percy Pig sweets and Luxury Gold Teabags, online to over 150 new countries after tying up with export platfor...
Aug 18, 2021
EU presidency condemns Belarus ahead of meeting on Baltic migrant crisis
(Reuters) - The Slovenian EU presidency criticized the government in Minsk ahead of a crisis meeting of the bloc's home affairs ministers on Wednesday that was called to discuss a surge of illegal bor...
Aug 18, 2021
Tennis-ATP and WTA inch closer to merger after combining marketing ops
By Sudipto Ganguly MUMBAI (Reuters) - The first major project to come out of the combined ATP and WTA marketing operation was launched on Wednesday as the streamlining of the governance of tennis gath...
Aug 18, 2021
4,500 U.S. troops at Kabul airport- official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. troops at Kabul's international airport reached about 4,500 on Wednesday, a U.S. official said. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that th...
Aug 18, 2021
Spain to airlift 500 Spanish and Afghan staff from Kabul airport
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain plans to airlift around 500 people including Spanish embassy staff and Afghans who worked with them and their families from Kabul, radio station Cadena SER said on Wednesday, ...
Aug 18, 2021
PayPal scraps late fees for buy now, pay later purchases
By Anna Irrera LONDON (Reuters) - PayPal Holdings Inc will no longer charge customers late fees when they miss payments on buy now, pay later (BNPL) purchases globally, as competition heats up in the ...
Aug 18, 2021
International community ‘deeply worried’ about Afghan women, ready to assist -statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States, European Union and 19 other countries on Wednesday released a statement calling on people in authority in Afghanistan to guarantee the protection of women and...
Aug 18, 2021
Consumers Energy hopes to have power for all customers on Wednesday
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Consumers Energy reported Wednesday morning that about 200 Branch County customers were still without power almost one week after two devastating storms ripped through the c...
Aug 18, 2021
Germany says Iran’s accelerated enrichment of uranium is “very negative step”
BERLIN (Reuters) - Iran's acceleration of its enrichment of uranium to near weapons-grade breaches restrictions imposed in a 2015 nuclear deal, Germany said on Wednesday, urging Tehran to return to ne...
Aug 18, 2021
