Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Olympics-Russian Olympic Committee to send 335 athletes to Tokyo
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Olympic Committee will send 335 athletes to the Tokyo Olympics next month, its president said on Tuesday, where they will compete without their national flag and anthem due...
Syndicated Content Jun 29, 2021
Myanmar junta drops charges against 24 celebrities
(Reuters) - Myanmar's military authorities have dropped charges against 24 celebrities who had been declared wanted under an anti-incitement law after anti-government comments, army run television sai...
Syndicated Content Jun 29, 2021
Tennis-Paire warned for lack of effort, heckled by Wimbledon crowd
LONDON (Reuters) - Benoit Paire was warned for lack of effort and heckled by the crowd during a 6-3 6-4 6-0 first-round defeat by Argentine Diego Schwartzman at Wimbledon on Tuesday. The bearded Frenc...
Syndicated Content Jun 29, 2021
After COVID surge, some signs of internal dissent against India’s Modi
By Saurabh Sharma and Rupam Jain BALAI, India (Reuters) - Govind Pasi, a grassroots member of India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), says he got no help from his connections in the ruling party when hi...
Syndicated Content Jun 29, 2021
Soccer-Poor pitches perturb players in disappointing Copa America
By Andrew Downie (Reuters) - The contrast between the rejuvenated European Championship and a pandemic-hit Copa America are great but for South American players, at least, perhaps the biggest discrepa...
Syndicated Content Jun 29, 2021
Romania’s PM Citu government survives no-confidence vote
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's centrist coalition government of Prime Minister Florin Citu easily survived a vote of no-confidence by the opposition Social Democrats on Tuesday, confirming its stable...
Syndicated Content Jun 29, 2021
Stan Wawrinka, Simona Halep latest stars out of Olympics
Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland and Romanian Simona Halep won't participate in the Tokyo Olympics because of injuries. Already, Wawrinka had pulled out of Wimbledon after undergoing a second surgery this...
Syndicated Content Jun 29, 2021
Italy reports 42 coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, 679 new cases
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy reported 42 coronavirus-related deaths on Tuesday against 28 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections rose to 679 from 389. Italy has r...
Syndicated Content Jun 29, 2021
Russian court orders arrest in absentia of Navalny ally Zhdanov
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Tuesday ordered the arrest in absentia of Ivan Zhdanov, an ally of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. Zhdanov was the director of Navalny's Anti-Corruption Fou...
Syndicated Content Jun 29, 2021
Brazil bans fires, redeploys military to protect Amazon rainforest
By Jake Spring and Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday issued a broad 120-day ban on unauthorized outdoor fires as the country suffered its worst drought in...
Syndicated Content Jun 29, 2021

