Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Olympics-Kenya’s Chepngetich among favourites for marathon gold in Tokyo
By Omar Mohammed NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's Olympic marathon contender Ruth Chepngetich has had a remarkable year in which she had to cope with the restrictions on training and racing brought about b...
Jun 25, 2021
Ex-policeman Derek Chauvin to be sentenced for George Floyd’s murder
By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - Former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin will be sentenced on Friday for murdering George Floyd in May 2020 after a trial that was widely seen as a watershed moment in ...
Jun 25, 2021
Michigan State launches EverGreen to equip student-athletes in NIL era
EAST LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Michigan State University is looking to help student-athletes with possible changes in name, image and likeness rules. The school announced the EverGreen program,...
Jun 25, 2021
Taiwan, U.S. to hold long-stalled trade talks next week
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan and the United States will hold trade talks next week, the de facto U.S. embassy in Taipei said on Friday, resuming long-stalled discussions as Washington seeks to deepen its...
Jun 25, 2021
UK PM Johnson will host Germany’s Merkel on July 2
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will host German Chancellor Angela Merkel for a meeting on July 2, his Downing Street office said on Friday. "This will be a chance to discuss a...
Jun 25, 2021
Kremlin says vaccine shortages linked to storage difficulties, rising demand
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Friday said vaccine shortages in Russia were linked to growing demand for shots and storage difficulties, which would be resolved in the coming days. The local health...
Jun 25, 2021
Gibraltar approves easing strict abortion law in referendum
GIBRALTAR (Reuters) - A majority of Gibraltarian voters have supported the easing of a strict abortion law in a referendum, officials in the tiny British territory on the southern tip of Spain said on...
Jun 25, 2021
Lisbon man breathes new life into city’s historic trams
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - The clatter of Lisbon's trademark yellow trams has been echoing through the cobbled streets for over a century but, as more and more of them are retired from serv...
Jun 25, 2021
U.S. inflation likely to remain elevated for up to four years – BofA
(Corrects typo in strategist's name in second paragraph) LONDON (Reuters) - BofA expects U.S. inflation to remain elevated for two to four years, against a rising perception of it being transitory, an...
Jun 25, 2021
Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus
(Reuters) - The virus that causes COVID-19 could have started spreading in China as early as October 2019, two months before the first case was identified in the central city of Wuhan, a new study sho...
Jun 25, 2021
