Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Hockey-Tokyo spotlight offers game big chance to restore fading appeal
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - In a few weeks hockey players line up in Tokyo for the 24th time at the summer Olympics, knowing some fear its days as a core sport in the Games could be numbered ...
Jun 29, 2021
Saudi Arabia plans new national airline as it diversifies from oil
CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced plans on Tuesday to launch a second national airline as part of a broader strategy to turn the kingdom into a global logisti...
Jun 29, 2021
Japan’s May factory output posts biggest monthly drop in a year
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's industrial output posted the biggest monthly drop in a year in May, as a sharp fall in car production threatened to undermine the country's economic recove...
Jun 29, 2021
U.S. military days away from completing Afghan withdrawal – sources
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military appears just days away from completing its withdrawal from Afghanistan, well ahead of the Sept. 11 deadline set by President Joe...
Jun 29, 2021
U.S. House passes bill to remove Confederate statues from Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill to remove statues honoring those who upheld slavery or backed the Confederacy from the Capitol b...
Jun 29, 2021
Exclusive-Energy trader Mercuria posts record profit for volatile 2020
By Julia Payne LONDON (Reuters) - Mercuria Energy Group had a boom year in 2020, buoyed by the extreme volatility seen in oil markets caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as very strong returns ac...
Jun 29, 2021
Soccer-Half a century of England hurt could be healing
By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) - It is 25 years since the Lightning Seeds sang of England's "30 years of hurt" but now, with the thorn that has caused the Three Lions the most pain finally removed...
Jun 29, 2021
Huawei CFO says HSBC emails disprove basis for U.S. extradition claim
By Moira Warburton VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Lawyers fighting the extradition of Huawei's chief financial officer to the United States on Tuesday presented internal emails from British bank HSBC that they...
Jun 29, 2021
Tennis-Kyrgios says grass ‘too slow’ as late-night duel suspended
LONDON (Reuters) - Australian maverick Nick Kyrgios ranted about the state of Wimbledon's famous green turf on Tuesday during a late-night roller-coaster first-round against France's Ugo Humbert. Kyrg...
Jun 29, 2021
Mexico reports 5,711 new COVID-19 infections, 195 more deaths
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry on Tuesday reported 5,711 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country and 195 more fatalities, bringing the total figures to 2,513,164 infections an...
Jun 29, 2021
