Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Olympics-Tokyo 2020 official tears up explaining ticket cancellations
TOKYO (Reuters) - An Olympic official in charge of ticket sales choked up with tears on Friday as he apologised to people who had their tickets cancelled because of a last-minute move to hold the Game...
Jul 09, 2021
Russia reports 25,766 new COVID-19 cases, 726 deaths
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia reported 25,766 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, including 6,643 in Moscow, taking the official national tally since the pandemic began to 5,733,218. The government coronavirus ...
Jul 09, 2021
Spanish court puts Iberdrola Renovables under investigation in alleged spying case
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's High Court placed Iberdrola Renovables under formal investigation on Friday as part of a probe into an alleged spying case, a document released by the court showed. Iberdrol...
Jul 09, 2021
Lebanon interior minister rejects request to question security chief over Beirut blast – sources
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's caretaker interior minsiter has rejected a request by the lead investigator on the Beirut port explosion to question the country's security chief, judicial and security so...
Jul 09, 2021
The $40,000 man: Olympic fan’s world record dream shattered by Tokyo spectator ban
By Eimi Yamamitsu and Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Kazunori Takishima's Olympic dream of setting a world record - a plan that had cost him almost $40,000 - ended this week when organisers said specta...
Jul 09, 2021
Swedish PM Lofven names unchanged cabinet
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven reappointed his previous cabinet of Social Democrats and Greens on Friday following his re-election as premier this week. Lofven resigned las...
Jul 09, 2021
Exclusive: White House to target bank mergers, financial data with competition order
By Nandita Bose and Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's planned executive order to promote greater U.S. competition will target bank mergers by pushing the Federal Reserve and ...
Jul 09, 2021
Britain reports 54,268 new cases of Delta variant in latest week
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Friday said there had been 54,268 new cases of the Delta variant in the week to July 7, a slight rise on the 50,824 new cases reported the previous week. The total number...
Jul 09, 2021
‘Desirable’ for S.Korea president to visit Japan during Olympics amid disputes
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - It would be desirable for South Korean President Moon Jae-in to visit Japan and meet its leaders during the Olympics, South Korea's sports minister said on Friday, afte...
Jul 09, 2021
Exclusive: Robinhood gives founders second chance at $1.4 billion windfall
By Jessica DiNapoli (Reuters) - Stock-trading app Robinhood Markets Inc is giving its billionaire founders four more years to hit share price targets that trigger stock awards worth $1.4 billion, acco...
Jul 09, 2021
