Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Olympics: Coxsey up to speed and set to scale heights in Tokyo
By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - Shauna Coxsey admits her first serious attempt at speed climbing left her thinking that the Olympics were not for her after all. As a child she fell in love with le...
Apr 14, 2021
Olympics: Russia unveils flagless uniforms for Tokyo Games
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian competitors at this year's Tokyo Olympics will be wearing blue, red and white uniforms, but their country's tricolour flag will not appear because of doping sanctions. ZASPO...
Apr 14, 2021
U.S. says indirect nuclear talks with Iran to resume on Thursday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Iran will reconvene indirect talks aimed at reviving the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal on Thursday in Vienna, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said. There...
Apr 14, 2021
State expanding the use of antibody therapy in the fight against COVID-19
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Saying it was a treatment used on former President Donald Trump that may have saved his life when he was stricken with COVID-19, Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Mich...
Apr 14, 2021
Mexico reports 5,113 new coronavirus cases, 518 more deaths
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's government reported 5,113 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 518 more fatalities, according to data from the health ministry on Wednesday, bringing the country's tota...
Apr 14, 2021
Rocket hits near Erbil airport in northern Iraq -Kurdish security officials
SULAIMANIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - A rocket landed near Erbil airport in northern Iraq late on Wednesday, Kurdish security officials said in a statement, with no immediate reports of casualties. Witnesses ...
Apr 14, 2021
Battle-hardened and better funded, Ukraine’s army knocks on NATO’s door
By Pavel Polityuk and Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) - At the outbreak of the war in eastern Ukraine in 2014, the Ukrainian army was so poorly equipped that ordinary citizens were knitting socks, donat...
Apr 14, 2021
Republicans want to yank baseball’s antitrust immunity after MLB reaction to Georgia voting law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five Republican senators introduced a bill on Wednesday to strip Major League Baseball of its immunity to antitrust law, saying the legal shield wasn't deserved after the league...
Apr 14, 2021
Ford outlines further production cuts due to global chip shortage
By Ben Klayman DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co on Wednesday outlined another series of plant shutdowns due to the global semiconductor chip shortage, with five facilities in the United States and on...
Apr 14, 2021
Biden administration vows economic and justice reforms for Black Americans
By Andrea Shalal and Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden and two of his top cabinet members on Wednesday promised U.S. economic and criminal justice reforms that would benefit Black c...
Apr 14, 2021
