Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Oil jumps as inventory falls, market awaits U.S. vote results
TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. oil prices jumped more than 2% on Wednesday after industry data showed crude inventories in the United States dropped sharply and as investors awaited results from the tumultuou...
Nov 03, 2020
‘Praying that Biden wins’: Asylum seekers hold their breath as U.S. votes
By Lizbeth Diaz and Laura Gottesdiener MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - In a makeshift refugee camp just across the border from Brownsville, Texas, Oscar Borjas and a few friends are planning to gather o...
Nov 03, 2020
First-ever Liberty coach Darsch dies at 68
Nancy Darsch, inaugural coach of the New York Liberty who recorded the WNBA's first-ever victory, died Monday at the age of 68 after battling Parkinson's disease. Darsch led the Liberty to a win over ...
Nov 03, 2020
Australia’s Victoria reports no COVID-19 cases for fifth straight day
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's coronavirus hot spot of Victoria state on Wednesday reported zero COVID-19 cases for the fifth straight day as states began easing regional border restrictions, raising ...
Nov 03, 2020
Sailing: Port decision gives hope for land-based America’s Cup spectators
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - America's Cup defenders Team New Zealand are hoping that a Wednesday decision by Ports of Auckland will make it possible for two of their proposed five courses for next year's r...
Nov 03, 2020
Brazil vice president defends rain forest policy, says it won’t change if Biden wins in U.S.
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Vice-President Hamilton Mourao on Tuesday defended Brazil's environmental policies, saying the country was working to protect the Amazon rain forest and adding nothing will change...
Nov 03, 2020
Eleven Cameroonian teachers kidnapped in region ravaged by insurgency
DOUALA (Reuters) - Unidentified men kidnapped 11 teachers on Tuesday from two schools in western Cameroon, where separatist insurgents are battling government forces, the church that runs the schools ...
Nov 03, 2020
Economy, COVID-19 top concerns for U.S. voters: exit poll
By Chris Kahn (Reuters) - A third of U.S. voters listed the economy as the issue that mattered most to them when deciding their choice for president while two out of 10 cited COVID-19, according to an...
Nov 03, 2020
Tsitsipas knocked out of Paris Masters by Frenchman Umbert
(Reuters) - Greek second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas was knocked out of the Paris Masters in the second round when he was beaten 7-6(4) 6-7(6) 7-6(3) by Frenchman Ugo Humbert on Tuesday. Tsitsipas saved t...
Nov 03, 2020
Twitter suspends several right-leaning news accounts posting about U.S. elections for violations
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc on Tuesday suspended several recently created right-leaning news accounts posting information about voting in the hotly contested U.S. election for...
Nov 03, 2020
