Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Drought-hit New Mexico town eyes economic liftoff from Virgin Galactic space launch
By Nathan Frandino TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. (Reuters) - As the first passenger rocket plane gears up for takeoff, a sleepy desert town near Spaceport America in New Mexico is hoping for a liftoff f...
Jul 10, 2021
Algerian prime minister infected with COVID-19 – state TV
ALGIERS, CAIRO (Reuters) - Newly appointed Algerian Prime Minister Ayman Benabderrahmane is infected with COVID-19, Algerian state TV said on Saturday. The prime minister, who had just formed his new ...
Jul 10, 2021
Iran transport ministry hit by second apparent cyberattack in days
DUBAI (Reuters) - The website of Iran's transport ministry was taken down on Saturday by what state television said was a "cyber disruption", a day after an apparent cyberattack on the state railway c...
Jul 10, 2021
G20 recognizes carbon pricing as climate change tool for first time
By David Lawder VENICE, Italy (Reuters) - G20 finance leaders recognized carbon pricing as a potential tool to address climate change for the first time in an official communique on Saturday, taking a...
Jul 10, 2021
Rival Haitian leaders battle for power after president’s assassination
By Andre Paultre and Sarah Marsh PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - A power struggle is brewing in Haiti as the man appointed prime minister shortly before the assassination of Haiti's president this week sai...
Jul 10, 2021
Iranian exiles protest, demand prosecution of president-elect
BERLIN (Reuters) - Supporters of Iran's exiled opposition rallied in Berlin and elsewhere on Saturday to demand the prosecution of the Islamic Republic's newly elected president, Ebrahim Raisi, whom t...
Jul 10, 2021
Factbox-Tennis-Wimbledon women’s singles champion Ash Barty
(Reuters) - Factbox on Australia's Ash Barty, who beat Czech Republic's Karolina Pliskova 6-3 6-7(4) 6-3 in the final to win her first Wimbledon title on Saturday: Age: 25 Nation: Australia WTA rankin...
Jul 10, 2021
Cycling-Mollema wins Tour de France stage 14
QUILLAN, France (Reuters) - Dutchman Bauke Mollema won the 14th stage of the Tour de France on Saturday, a 183.7-km ride from Carcassonne to Quillan in the southwest, for his second career victory in ...
Jul 10, 2021
Tennis-Barty ends Australia’s long wait for Wimbledon title
LONDON (Reuters) - World number one Ash Barty became the first Australian woman to win the Wimbledon singles title for 41 years on Saturday when she defeated Czech Karolina Pliskova 6-3 6-7(4) 6-3 in ...
Jul 10, 2021
Forest ‘firestorm’ kills one, destroys homes in central Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian firefighters used water-carrying planes on Saturday to contain forest fires that tore through the central region of Chelyabinsk, killing one man and destroying dozens of vil...
Jul 10, 2021
