Author Archives: Syndicated Content
New Zealand suspends quarantine-free travel with Australia
SYDNEY (Reuters) - New Zealand will pause its quarantine-free travel arrangement with Australia for at least eight weeks from Friday night, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, as Australia fights an o...
Jul 22, 2021
Olympics-Athletics-SA race walker Shange out of Games after CAS upholds doping ban
By Mitch Phillips TOKYO (Reuters) - South African race walker Lebogang Shange will not compete at the Tokyo Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld his four-doping ban on Friday. In 2...
Jul 22, 2021
U.S. moves to drop charges against Chinese researcher arrested on visa fraud
By Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday moved to drop all charges against a Chinese researcher arrested last year on visa fraud, a case that is part of the department's ...
Jul 22, 2021
Thailand reports new daily record of 14,575 coronavirus cases
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Friday reported 14,575 coronavirus cases, a daily record for a third consecutive day and bringing the country's total accumulated cases to 467,707. The COVID-19 task fo...
Jul 22, 2021
Taiwan’s COVID-19 curbs drive spike in food packaging waste
By Fabian Hamacher TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan has become inundated with waste after a surge COVID-19 cases prompted movement curbs that led to a spike in online shopping and food deliveries and that is...
Jul 22, 2021
Equestrian-Australian show jumpers in limbo after team mate’s cocaine test
TOKYO (Reuters) - The fate of Australian equestrian show jumpers Edwina Tops-Alexander and Katie Laurie still hung in the balance on the day of the Olympic opening ceremony on Friday after their team ...
Jul 22, 2021
China reports 48 new COVID-19 cases on July 22 vs 50 a day earlier
BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported 48 new COVID-19 cases in the mainland on July 22, down from 50 cases a day earlier, the country's national health authority said on Friday. Local infections accounte...
Jul 22, 2021
NHL-NHL’s schedule includes break to send players to Beijing Olympics
(Reuters) - The NHL released the schedule for its 2021-22 season on Thursday that featured the debut of the Seattle Kraken on opening night and a break in action next February to accommodate a potenti...
Jul 22, 2021
Australia’s Star Entertainment abandons $6.6 billion bid for Crown Resorts
(Refiles to correct typographical error in paragraph 4) (Reuters) -Star Entertainment Group said it has withdrawn its all-stock proposed takeover of larger rival Crown Resorts, valued at A$9 billion (...
Jul 22, 2021
WTA roundup: Katarzyna Kawa keeps Polish hope alive in Gdynia
Katarzyna Kawa kept a home-soil run alive when she upset No. 3 seed Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania 6-2, 6-4 in the second round Thursday at the BNP Paribas Poland Open in Gdynia. Kawa, ranked No. 143 i...
Jul 22, 2021
